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Questions for U.S. v. Lopez

Please help on a history assignment

5. How does the Court interpret Gibbons v. Ogden? Can you suggest another interpretation?


6. What were the government’s arguments in Lopez?


7. What reasoning did the Court use to reject the government’s arguments?

Answer 1

5-Gibbons appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which reviewed the case in 1824. ... In reaching its decision, the Court interpreted the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution for the first time. The clause reads that "Congress shall have power to regulate commerce ... among the several States."