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· 8/29/2023

Commonwealth v. Stoops, R., Pet

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the right to interstate travel occupies a position \fundamental to the concept of our Federal Union\
  • holding that the right to interstate travel occupies a position “fundamental to the concept of our Federal Union”
  • noting that constitutional right to travel is fundamental right that has been “firmly established and repeatedly recognized”
  • stating that the Commerce Clause power “encompasses the movement in interstate commerce of persons as well as commodities”
  • stating that “the constitutional right to travel from one state to another ... occupies a position fundamental to the concept of our Federal Union.”
  • explaining that for the purpose of 18 U.S.C. § 241 which protects the constitutional right to travel freely between the states, a specific intent to interfere with the federal right to travel must be proved

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Judges: Per Curiam

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