CRJ 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Violence Against Women Act, Ex Post Facto Law, Commerce Clause
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Yellow = important concepts blue = important events/works. Chapter 3: constitutional limitations on the prohibition of criminal conduct. Introduction: constitution framed that limits the power of congress and state legislatures to enact criminal statutes. The power to enact criminal laws: there is no crime, there is no punishment, without law . Police powers of state legislatures: police power power of government to enact legislation to protect the public health, safety, order, and welfare, state legislatures can adopt statutes and delegate some of their power to local governments. The federal lawmaking power: enumerated powers governmental powers explicitly granted by that government"s constitution, congress can establish rules governing immigration, punishing piracies on the oceans, and punishing counterfeiting the coin of the u. s. Interstate commerce economic activity between or among states or affecting more than one state (prohibitions against air pollution, loan sharking, carjacking, etc. : congress has stretched this concept to justify broader authority to enact criminal statutes.
