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The Right Results For All The Wrong Reasons: An Historical And Functional Analysis Of The Commerce Clause, Anna J. Cramer

Vanderbilt Law Review

Two football players rape an eighteen-year-old college student. A high-school senior carries a concealed handgun into a school building.' An arsonist burns down a trailer occupied by an interracial couple. An armed robber, after burglarizing the home of a couple and their handicapped child, speeds off in the family's Suburban.'

All of these crimes are local in nature. It seems obvious that each perpetrator would be hauled down to the local courthouse and indicted under applicable criminal law. One naturally assumes that the law would be a state statute. Yet, these perpetrators will not only face state criminal prosecution but …

Reno V. Condon: The Supreme Court Takes A Right Turn In Its Tenth Amendment Jurisprudence By Upholding The Constitutionality Of The Driver's Privacy Protection Act, Richard T. Cosgrove

Fordham Law Review

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Speak Softly And Carry A Big Commerce Clause: General Motors Corp. V. Director Of Revenue, Bryan D. Lemoine

Missouri Law Review

The effect of General Motors Corp. v. Director of Revenue ("GM Corp.") may well spread beyond the confines of the Missouri state line. Because the case applies United States Supreme Court precedent to a new constitutional problem, other states may look to it for aid in interpreting similar statutory provisions. There has, after all, been both judicial and scholarly debate concerning how strictly the Commerce Clause should be interpreted with regard to tax incentives and benefits.2 GM Corp. makes clear that the debate is over in Missouri. The Commerce Clause will function as a sword for Missouri courts to prevent …

Commerce Clause, Ivonne Polasky

Touro Law Review

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Discrimination And Business Regulation (The Supreme Court And Local Government Law: The 1999-2000 Term), Eileen Kaufman

Scholarly Works

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