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Justices weigh federal power over rape law in Violence Act case
Supreme Court justices debate whether Congress can enact the Violence Against Women Act provision allowing rape victims to sue attackers in federal court. Arguments center on interstate commerce links and state sovereignty with Brzonkala and Virginia Tech as key players in a case testing federal remedies for gender based violence.
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Sandra Day O’connor
Seth Waxman
Julie Goldscheid
Tech
Goldscheid
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
Michael E. Rosman
Congress
Waxman
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Eg Brzonkala
Virginia Tech
4Th
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Brzonkala
Antonio Morrison
James Crawford