Raich brings to mind a seeming paradox regarding Lopez and its progeny. Lopez of course concerned a statute with very limited geographical coverage (1000' around each school, as i recall), and the Court noted that. Various lower courts seized upon that as a basis for distinguishing other Federal gun laws relating to simple possession, and finding that they did have sufficient commerce connection since they lacked this restriction.
But doesn't that suggest, rather paradoxically, that while Congress has too little power to do a small thing, it has sufficient power to do a larger one? _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
