Constitutional Law
Mar. 31, 2000
Congress Exceeded Its Authority When It Enacted VAWA Framers Specified Limited, Not Broad, Federal Authority
By Roger Pilon The Supreme Court should not uphold the Violence Against Women Act. In passing the a ct, Congress exceeded its constitutional authority. Given our Constitution of enumerated powers, there could be no more fundamental reason for rejecting the a ct. Indeed, the Framers, prior to their adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution some two years after it was ratified, would have found that reason to be the only ground for striking such an act.
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