Question

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court determine that the federal government did not overstep its bounds under the commerce clause when it enacted the Controlled Substances Act of 1970?

a. Shepard v. U.S.
b. Gonzalez v. Raich
c. Obergefell v. Ohio

Answer 1

The U.S. Supreme Court determine that the federal government did not overstep its bounds under the commerce clause when it enacted the Controlled Substances Act of 1970- Gonzalez v. Raich Case

Step-by-step explanation:

Gonzales v. Raich was a case in which Raich was permitted to grow and use Marijuana for medical purposes but the federal agents seized the marijuana plantation and destroyed it.

Raich then seeked action under the federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (CFA). In the decision taken by the U.S Supreme court under the commerce clause of the US Constitution,that the congress has the power to criminalize the use and production of home-grown marijuana even if state law allows its use for medicinal purposes.