commerce-clause-authority

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-7071 Chad Preston Brewer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition statute
18-6073 Tramain Deon Price v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm statute
18-5678 Lee Andrew Paul v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit burrage-causation burrage-v-united-states causation commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority commercial-sex-trafficking constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute-construction eighth-circuit-interpretation statutory-elements statutory-interpretation Whether the Eight Circuit's decision conflicts with Burrage v. United States regarding causation