The most recent programs for the U.S. v. Lopez Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=769 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Tue, 08 Nov 1994 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 06:13:14 GMT In March 1992, a high school student in San Antonio, Texas was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm on school grounds. He violated a federal law that prohibits them within 1000 yards of a school. Lopez maintained that this law was unconstitutional because it exceeded the powers of the federal government while U.S. attorneys argued that the interstate commerce clause allows the federal government to prohibit such activity across the nation because violence with guns indirectly effects commerce. Attorneys on both sides talked to reporters about the arguments over the law, especially the issue of state vs. federal powers over education. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/61488-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/61488-1 Tue, 08 Nov 1994 00:00:00 GMT Professor Wasserstrom discussed three criminal law and procedure cases which the Supreme Court will hear this term. In [U.S. v. Lopez], at issue is the constitutionality of a statute that makes it a federal crime to possess a gun within 1,000 feet of any school property. [Harris v. Alabama] is a death penalty case in which Harris was convicted of capital murder. The judge in the case overrode the jury's 7-to-4 recommendation of life imprisonment and sentenced her to death, and Harris contends that there are insufficient criteria in Alabama law to prevent discriminatory arbitrary sentencing. [Schlup v. Delo] is also a capitol murder case, but the defendant claims that after he was convicted, "evidence of actual innocence" was discovered, but his case was refused review by a federal court. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/60752-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/60752-1 Tue, 08 Nov 1994 00:00:00 GMT