Supreme Court· 5/17/2010

United States v. Comstock

Citations

560 U.S. 126
130 S. Ct. 1949
176 L. Ed. 2d 878
2010 U.S. LEXIS 3879

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holding that a federal criminal law must, at least, be necessary and proper to the accomplishment of an enumerated power
holding that a federal criminal law must, at least, be necessary and proper to the accomplishment of an enumerated power
holding that government had authority under the Necessary and Proper Clause to enact federal statute allowing district courts to order civil commitment of certain mentally ill, incarcerated sex offenders
holding that a federal criminal law must, at least, be necessary and proper to the accomplishment of an enumerated power
noting that the Constitution “grants Congress broad authority” to create federal crimes, which Congress “routinely exercises,” and collecting examples
explaining that the Clause “does not give Congress carte blanche,” and it is the “obligation of this Court” to impose limitations

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Judges: Breyer, Kennedy, Alito, Thomas

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