Gonzales v. Raich

E8365

United States Supreme Court case federal court case

Gonzales v. Raich is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal power to prohibit local cultivation and use of marijuana under the Commerce Clause, even when states permit it for medical purposes.

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Gonzales v. Raich canonical	11
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, et al. v. Angel McClary Raich et al.	1
United States federal government in Gonzales v. Raich	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal court case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ drug law ⓘ federal criminal law ⓘ
arguedDate	2004-11-29 ⓘ
citation	125 S. Ct. 2195 ⓘ 162 L. Ed. 2d 1 ⓘ 545 U.S. 1 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Antonin Scalia ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Commerce Clause ⓘ Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: Rehnquist Court
decisionDate	2005-06-06 ⓘ
dissentBy	Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber	03-1454 ⓘ
fullCaseName	Gonzales v. Raich self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, et al. v. Angel McClary Raich et al.
holding	Congress may prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana under the Commerce Clause even if state law authorizes its use for medical purposes. ⓘ
impact	expanded understanding of Congress’s power over intrastate activities affecting interstate markets ⓘ limited practical effect of state medical marijuana exemptions against federal enforcement ⓘ
joinedMajority	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ surface form: Anthony Kennedy David H. Souter ⓘ surface form: David Souter Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ surface form: Stephen Breyer
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	federalism ⓘ medical marijuana regulation ⓘ scope of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	John Paul Stevens ⓘ
overruled	no ⓘ
petitioner	Alberto Gonzales ⓘ surface form: Alberto R. Gonzales
precedentStatus	binding on all lower federal courts ⓘ
priorCaseReliedOn	Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ
relatedCase	United States v. Lopez ⓘ United States v. Morrison ⓘ
relatedConcept	supremacy of federal law over conflicting state law ⓘ
respondent	Angel McClary Raich ⓘ Diane Monson ⓘ
result	federal prohibition on marijuana possession and cultivation upheld ⓘ
stateInvolved	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
stateLawContext	California medical marijuana law ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	Controlled Substances Act ⓘ
subjectMatter	conflict between federal and state drug laws ⓘ federal regulation of marijuana ⓘ
vote	6-3 ⓘ

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