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ANDREA V. DENOLF Case Study
No. 07-0268
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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ANDREA “ANDY” SOMMERVILLE,
Petitioners-Appellants
v.

WLLIAM DENOLF
Respondent-Appellee

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On Writ of Certiorari to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventeenth Circuit

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BRIEF FOR RESPONDENT
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW
1) Whether the Gun Free School Zone Act of 1997 (18 USC 922 q) applies to DeNolf and whether it violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

2) Whether the United States government, in enacting 18 USC 922 q, exceeded its constitutional powers granted by the Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.

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