Question

In the featured case Gonzales v. Raich, two California women challenged the federal government's ability to regulate their cultivation and consumption of medical marijuana. The key Constitutional provision that led to the ultimate decision was:______.

a. the Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment).
b. the Due Process Clause (5th Amendment).
c. the Commerce Clause (Article I, section 8).
d. the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure (4th Amendment).
e. the Takings Clause (5th Amendment).

Answer 1

the answer is C the Commerce Clause

Explanation: Monson and Raich sued, claiming that enforcing Federal law against them would violate the Commerce Clause, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Ninth Amendment, the Tenth Amendment, and the doctrine of medical necessity.