..."The U.S. Supreme Court declined a chance to put new restrictions on the power of Congress, leaving intact a federal law that bars people convicted of a violent felony from owning body armor.
The justices today turned away an appeal by Cedrick Bernard Alderman, a Washington state man who sought to overturn his conviction for possessing a bulletproof vest. He had previously been convicted of robbery.
The case, had the court considered it, might have affected the legal challenges to President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul. Both issues turn on the scope of Congress’s constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia criticized their colleagues for not taking up the case, saying they were allowing the “nullification” of earlier rulings limiting Congress’s authority..."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...ns-left-undisturbed-by-u-s-supreme-court.html
The justices today turned away an appeal by Cedrick Bernard Alderman, a Washington state man who sought to overturn his conviction for possessing a bulletproof vest. He had previously been convicted of robbery.
The case, had the court considered it, might have affected the legal challenges to President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul. Both issues turn on the scope of Congress’s constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia criticized their colleagues for not taking up the case, saying they were allowing the “nullification” of earlier rulings limiting Congress’s authority..."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...ns-left-undisturbed-by-u-s-supreme-court.html
