Whether the Hobbs Act requires an actual impact on interstate commerce or merely a potential/probable impact

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly held—in conflict with the decisions of several other circuits—that to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 et seq., a defendant’s conduct need only have a “potential” or “probable” impact, as opposed to an actual impact, on interstate commerce. 2. Whether applying the Hobbs Act to a local convenience store robbery that did not have a substantial impact on interstate commerce violates the Commerce Clause. i