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1. schnab+mq[view] [source] 2020-06-17 23:53:21
>>fortra+(OP)
One interesting note - she's being charged federally, not by local Philly PD.
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2. vaadu+mr[view] [source] 2020-06-18 00:02:22
>>schnab+mq
She crossed state lines?
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3. qes+rs[view] [source] 2020-06-18 00:12:37
>>vaadu+mr
It isn't necessary to "cross state lines" to be charged with a federal crime.
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4. clampr+1v[view] [source] 2020-06-18 00:33:46
>>qes+rs
Did it affect interstate commerce?
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5. centim+Qw[view] [source] 2020-06-18 00:54:10
>>clampr+1v
Not sure why you're getting downvoted, it's a good joke - this is one of the two standards (along with "necessary and proper") that courts have used to justify ~every federal law as constitutional.

Fun fact: the federal law that bans firearms in schools is based on "interstate commerce".

> the firearm in question "has moved in or otherwise affects interstate commerce."[3] As nearly all firearms have moved in interstate commerce at some point in their existence, critics assert this was merely a legislative tactic to circumvent the Supreme Court's ruling.[2]

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