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Gibbons V. Ogden, Then And Now, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1940

Gibbons V. Ogden, Then And Now, Hugh Evander Willis

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Constitutional Law - National Firearms Act - Usurpation Of Police Power Of States - Constitutional Right To Bear Arms, Michigan Law Review Jan 1940

Constitutional Law - National Firearms Act - Usurpation Of Police Power Of States - Constitutional Right To Bear Arms, Michigan Law Review

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Defendants were indicted for violating section 11 of the National Firearms Act by transporting a firearm in interstate commerce without having registered it, and without having in their possession a stamp-affixed written order for the firearm. Their demurrer alleged that the act was unconstitutional because it was not a revenue measure but an attempt to usurp police power reserved to the states, and because it infringed the constitutional right to bear arms. The district court sustained the demurrer on the ground that this section of the act violated the constitutional right to bear arms. Held, on appeal, that the …


Constitutional Law - Commerce Clause -- Agricultural Adjustment Act Of 1938, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1940

Constitutional Law - Commerce Clause -- Agricultural Adjustment Act Of 1938, Hugh Evander Willis

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