VAWA re-introduced by Biden, Hatch, others.

Can this NEW version of the VAWA pass constitutional muster under GONZALES VS. RAICH? It seems that under Scalia's reasoning in his concurrence in Raich that all Biden need do is put a insert a legislative record that the new VAWA is part of a larger scheme of regulation of intrastate violence.

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Chip Venie is a private criminal defense attorney in San Diego, California. He is admitted to practice before state and federal courts in California, Washington, D.C., and Michigan. Mr. Venie graduated from The University of Virginia School of Law and clerked as a staff Attorney to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Venie has litigated over 700 trial level felony matters and over 150 appeals. Mr. Venie can be reached at (619) 235-8300, or chipesq@hotmail.com.