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United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that parts of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 were unconstitutional because they exceeded the powers granted to the US Congress under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Along with United States v.
Facts of the case. In 1994, while enrolled at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), Christy Brzonkala alleged that Antonio Morrison and James Crawford, both students and varsity football players at Virginia Tech, raped her.
United States v. Morrison Case Brief. Statement of the Facts: The Attack and School Hearings; Christy Brzonkala, while a freshman at Virginia Tech, claimed that Virginia Tech football players Antonio Morrison and James Crawford assaulted and raped her within 30 minutes of meeting her.
United States v. Morrison: Federalism principles are violated when the federal government gives women harmed by gender-based violence standing to sue assailants in federal court.
Brief Fact Summary. The Respondent, Morrison (Respondent), was sued under part of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (Act), which penalized crimes of violence motivated by gender. Now Respondent argues this section of the Act is beyond the scope of Congress’ power to regulate commerce.
The United States government (plaintiff) intervened to defend the VAWA’s constitutionality. The case escalated to the United States Supreme Court to assess the validity of the legislation under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Supreme Court agreed with CIR, and to date U.S. v. Morrison remains a landmark of Commerce Clause jurisprudence. The case began when Morrison, a student and football player at Virginia Tech, was accused of assaulting and raping fellow student Christy Brzonkala.
Brzonkala and the United States government (plaintiffs) brought suit against Morrison, Crawford, and Virginia Tech under the VAWA in federal district court. Morrison challenged the VAWA as an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s Commerce Clause powers.
U.S. v. Morrison. The Court examined whether the Commerce Clause or the Fourteenth Amendment gave Congress the authority to enact portions of the Violence Against Women Act ("VAWA") of 1994.
United States v. Morrison. No. 79-395. Argued December 10, 1980. Decided January 13, 1981. 449 U.S. 361. Syllabus. Federal agents, aware that respondent had been indicted on federal drug charges and had retained counsel, met with her without her counsel's knowledge or permission, seeking her cooperation in a related investigation.