Whether a federal law banning firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions is consistent with the Second Amendment and Congress's constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce

1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). How should courts decide whethe r an individual prosecution or conviction under that statute is consistent with th e Second Amendment to the Constitution? 2. Under the prevailing interpretation of the nexus-with-commerce element of the federal possession ban, a former felon possesses “in or affecting commerce” a firearm if the firearm was made in an other state. Does Congress have the constitutional authority to enact such a law? DIRECTLY