Congress's Power to Legislate Control Over Hate Crimes Selected Legal Theories

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Constitutional law.

Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2005

Summary:

Examines Congressional power to legislate control over hate crimes under the commerce clause, the spending clause, and legislative clauses in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, as well as limitations imposed on this power by the First, Sixth, and Tenth Amendments

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Congress's Power to Legislate Control Over Hate Crimes

Publisher Number:

CRS-2005-AML-0146

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