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United States v. Morrison (2000) J. Rehnquist

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P filed rape charge under Violence Against Women Act, which holds individuals liable for violent crimes motivated by gender.

Holding: This is also not valid under Equal Protection Clause b/c Congress didn’t sufficiently demonstrate that this was national problem – Congress can’t regulate state inaction