Court: Individuals can challenge federal law 

By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: June 17, 2011
Tags: challenge, individuals, SCOTUS, Standing, Tenth Amendment, U.S. supreme court

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that an individual convicted under a federal statute implementing an international treaty has standing to challenge the law on Tenth Amendment grounds could have a ripple effect in a host of future cases, from challenges to the federal health care law to drug litigation.