The 1996-97 Supreme court term

A preview of several key cases | Bob Jones

On the first Monday in October, opening day for the Supreme Court, the justices will begin to consider a docket full of cases with far-reaching constitutional implications. Douglas Kmiec, professor of constitutional law at the University of Notre Dame, gave WORLD his picks for the cases to watch in the upcoming term:

**red_square** Mack vs. United States and Printz vs. United States: This is a 10th Amendment (states' rights) case arising from the enforcement of the controversial Brady Act, which seeks to limit access to handguns. It's not handgun limitations per se that are at issue, but rather the fact that local sheriffs are ordered to conduct the backgrounds checks and maintain a mountain of records. "States have taken the position that this is federal government meddling" in local affairs--in other words, an unfunded mandate.

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