Alderman v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on January 10, 2011Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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09-1555 | 9th Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2010 |
Issue: Whether Scarborough v. United States (1977) recognizes a distinct Commerce Clause authority, beyond the three categories recognized in United States v. Lopez (1995), United States v. Morrison (2000), and Gonzales v. Raich (2005), such that a federal statute which “cannot be justified as a regulation of the channels of commerce, as a protection of the instrumentalities of commerce, or as a regulation of intrastate activity that substantially affects interstate commerce,†may be sustained based on a “minimal nexus†between the activity regulated and interstate commerce.