Bond v. United States

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Tenth Amendment case United States Supreme Court case federal criminal law case standing doctrine case

Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bond v. United States canonical	3
Bond v. United States (2014)	2
Bond v. United States (2011)	1
Bond v. United States, 564 U.S. 211 (2011)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T125906 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bond v. United States
Context triple: [Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, keyCase, Bond v. United States]

A. Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
B. Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
C. Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
D. United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
E. Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bond v. United States
Target entity description: Bond v. United States is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified an individual’s ability to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to federal statutes, reinforcing limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty.

A. Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
B. Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
C. Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
D. United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
E. Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tenth Amendment case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal criminal law case ⓘ standing doctrine case ⓘ
aroseFrom	criminal prosecution of Carol Anne Bond ⓘ
cameFrom	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ
citationStyle	Bond v. United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bond v. United States, 564 U.S. 211 (2011)
clarifies	that structural constitutional protections can be invoked by individuals ⓘ
concernsConstitutionalProvision	Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
concernsInternationalAgreement	Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
concernsLegalIssue	federalism ⓘ limits on federal power ⓘ standing to raise Tenth Amendment challenge ⓘ treaty-implementing legislation ⓘ
concernsStatute	Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
hasCitation	131 S. Ct. 2355 ⓘ 180 L. Ed. 2d 269 ⓘ 564 U.S. 211 ⓘ
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate	June 16, 2011 ⓘ
hasDocketNumber	09-1227 ⓘ
hasPetitioner	Carol Anne Bond ⓘ
hasRespondent	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
holding	A criminal defendant has standing to challenge a federal statute on the ground that it violates the Tenth Amendment ⓘ Federalism protects the liberty of individuals as well as the prerogatives of states ⓘ Individuals, not just states, may raise Tenth Amendment arguments against federal statutes ⓘ
involvesConduct	use of toxic chemicals to harm a romantic rival ⓘ
joinedBy	John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. Antonin Scalia ⓘ surface form: Justice Antonin Scalia Clarence Thomas ⓘ surface form: Justice Clarence Thomas Elena Kagan ⓘ surface form: Justice Elena Kagan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ surface form: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ surface form: Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ surface form: Justice Sonia Sotomayor Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ surface form: Justice Stephen G. Breyer
language	English ⓘ
opinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
originatedIn	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⓘ
overrules	Third Circuit’s denial of standing to raise Tenth Amendment claim ⓘ
reinforcesPrinciple	limits on federal power in favor of state sovereignty ⓘ
relatedCase	Bond v. United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bond v. United States (2014)
result	case was remanded for further proceedings ⓘ judgment of the court of appeals was vacated ⓘ
subjectMatter	application of chemical weapons statute to local criminal conduct ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → keyCase → Bond v. United States ⓘ

Bond v. United States → relatedCase → Bond v. United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bond v. United States (2014)

Bond v. United States → citationStyle → Bond v. United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bond v. United States, 564 U.S. 211 (2011)

Carol Anne Bond → partyTo → Bond v. United States ⓘ

Carol Anne Bond → SupremeCourtCase → Bond v. United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bond v. United States (2011)