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His two most memorable opinions were in United States v. Harris, which struck down the Ku Klux Klan Act on grounds that the government had no right, under the 14th Amendment, to regulate the activities of individuals, and in Presser v. Illinois, which declared that the Bill of Rights limited the power of the federal, but not a state, government.

Alongside a ban on pro-anorexia websites, lawmakers have also backed an amendment to regulate the modeling industry, which would require modeling agencies to provide medical certificates proving that a model's body mass index (BMI) does not fall below the acceptable weight standards.

Ms. Brinkmann said that given the states' authority under the 21st Amendment to regulate alcohol, the issue was more complex constitutionally than tobacco-related regulation.

The court cast aside nearly 70 years of precedent in the area of federalism, holding that Congress cannot use its powers under the Commerce Clause or the 14th Amendment to regulate matters that touch on state interests, unless the court approves.

Since the federal government had no authority under the 10th Amendment to regulate medicines, that power being reserved by individual states in 1937, a tax was the only viable way to legislate marijuana.

But in the present case we need not consider the power of Virginia under the Twenty-first Amendment to regulate through shipments.

In the wake of our victory in Colorado -- where 54.8percentt of the voters passed Amendment 64, a constitutional amendment to regulate marijuana like alcohol -- good people are understandably clamoring to pass similar measures in their states.

Originally passed by Congress in 1974, the purpose of the act and its amendments were to regulate the nation's drinking water supply and its sources to protect public health.

He noted that the 21st Amendment allowed states to regulate the importation and sale of alcoholic beverages.

John Conyers and Donna Edwards have proposed an amendment authorizing Congress to "regulate the expenditure of funds for political speech by any corporation, limited liability company, or other corporate entity". But if the government didn't already have such authority, how could corporations be prohibited - as they are - from making direct contributions to political candidates?

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