"To uphold the Government's contentions here, we would have to pile inference upon inference in a manner that would bid fair to convert congressional authority under the Commerce Clause to a general police power of the sort retained by the States. Admittedly, some or our prior cases have taken long steps down that road, giving great deference to congressional action... The broad language in these opinions has suggested the possibility of additional expansion, but we decline here to proceed any further. To do so would require us to conclude that the Constitution's enumeration of powers does not presuppose something not enumerated... and that there never will be a distinction between what is truly national and what is truly local... This we are unwilling to do." --Chief Justice William Rehnquist, United States v. Lopez, 1995 Which of the following statements about United States v. Lopez is most accurate? a. States were forced to make eir own laws regarding guns in public schools. b. The federal government's power over interstate commerce was expanded. X c. The Supreme Court invoked the Supremacy Clause in a conflict between federal and state governments. d. The Supreme Court limited the federal government's power over states.

"To uphold the Government's contentions here, we would have to pile inference upon inference in a manner that would bid fair to convert congressional authority under the Commerce Clause to a general police power of the sort retained by the States. Admittedly, some or our prior cases have taken long steps down that road, giving great deference to congressional action... The broad language in these opinions has suggested the possibility of additional expansion, but we decline here to proceed any further. To do so would require us to conclude that the Constitution's enumeration of powers does not presuppose something not enumerated... and that there never will be a distinction between what is truly national and what is truly local... This we are unwilling to do." --Chief Justice William Rehnquist, United States v. Lopez, 1995 Which of the following statements about United States v. Lopez is most accurate? a. States were forced to make eir own laws regarding guns in public schools. b. The federal government's power over interstate commerce was expanded. X c. The Supreme Court invoked the Supremacy Clause in a conflict between federal and state governments. d. The Supreme Court limited the federal government's power over states.