The 1995 case, marked the first time in sixty years that the supreme court had placed a limit on the national government's authority under the commerce clause.

United States v. Lopez

was the first United States Supreme Court case since the New Deal to set limits to Congress' power under the Commerce Clause of the constitution. In its decision, the Supreme Court found the 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act unconstitutional for overstepping the congressional boundaries of the Commerce Clause.