Bond v. United States (2011)
| Bond v. United States | |
|---|---|
| Argued February 22, 2011 Decided June 16, 2011 | |
| Full case name | Carol Anne Bond, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docket no. | 09-1227 |
| Citations | 564 U.S. 211 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2355; 180 L. Ed. 2d 269; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4558 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Defendant convicted, 2:07-cr-00528-001 (E.D. Pa.); affirmed, 581 F.3d 128 (3d Cir. 2009); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 960 (2010). |
| Subsequent | On remand, 681 F.3d 149 (3d Cir. 2012); cert. granted, 568 U.S. 1140 (2013); reversed, 572 U.S. 844 (2014). |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kennedy, joined by unanimous |
| Concurrence | Ginsburg, joined by Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. X | |
Bond v. United States, 564 U.S. 211 (2011), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that individuals, just like states, may have standing to raise Tenth Amendment challenges to a federal law.
The issue arose in the prosecution of an individual under the federal Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act for a local assault that used a chemical irritant. The defendant argued, in part, that the application of the law violated the Constitution's federalism limitations on the statutory implementation of treaties by Congress.
Having decided the defendant could bring the constitutional challenge, the Court remanded the case without deciding the merits of the claims.