United States v. Morrison
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United States v. Morrison is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause and Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment by striking down parts of the Violence Against Women Act.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Morrison canonical | 13 |
| United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T375640 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Morrison Context triple: [Gonzales v. Raich, relatedCase, United States v. Morrison]
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Bolling v. Sharpe
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Morrison Target entity description: United States v. Morrison is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause and Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment by striking down parts of the Violence Against Women Act.
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A.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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B.
Shelby County v. Holder
Shelby County v. Holder is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by striking down the formula used to determine which jurisdictions required federal preclearance for changes to their voting laws.
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C.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that closely held for-profit corporations can claim religious exemptions from certain federal regulations under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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D.
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.
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E.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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federal courts case ⓘ landmark United States constitutional law case ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1999-11-09 ⓘ |
| citation | 529 U.S. 598 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Commerce Clause
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surface form:
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedBy | Rehnquist Court ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2000-05-15 ⓘ |
| defendant |
Antonio J. Morrison
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James Crawford ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
David H. Souter
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Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 99-5 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | United States, Petitioner v. Antonio J. Morrison et al. ⓘ |
| held |
Congress lacked authority under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to enact the civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act
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Congress lacked authority under the Commerce Clause to enact the civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act ⓘ Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment does not authorize Congress to regulate private conduct ⓘ gender-motivated crimes of violence are not economic activity that substantially affects interstate commerce ⓘ |
| impact |
limited Congress’s use of Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to remedy private discrimination and violence
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narrowed Congress’s ability to regulate non-economic activity under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| issue | whether Congress could create a federal civil remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence ⓘ |
| joinedDissent |
John Paul Stevens
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ |
| joinedMajority |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| lawInvolved |
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
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surface form:
Violence Against Women Act of 1994
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| lowerCourt | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ |
| lowerCourtDisposition | affirmed ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| rearguedDate | 2000-01-11 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
City of Boerne v. Flores
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Katzenbach v. Morgan ⓘ United States v. Lopez ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| struckDown | 42 U.S.C. § 13981 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil rights enforcement
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gender-motivated violence ⓘ |
| topic |
federalism in the United States
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limits on federal power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ scope of Congress’s enforcement power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| volume | 529 ⓘ |
| year | 2000 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: United States v. Morrison Description of subject: United States v. Morrison is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause and Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment by striking down parts of the Violence Against Women Act.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
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United States v. Morrison
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Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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relatedTo
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United States v. Morrison
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Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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preceded
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United States v. Morrison
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Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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citedBy
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United States v. Morrison
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this entity surface form:
United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)