A high school student in San Antonio, Texas, who brought an unloaded handgun to school
was charged with violating the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. The student challenged
the charge, claiming that Congress did not have the power to override state law within public
schools. In the 1995 case United States v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress did
not have the
power to regulate public schools. Instead, the Court found that that power
belonged to individual states.
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Explain which constitutional principle this scenario illustrates. What evidence led you to that
conclusion? (1 point)
