Thomas Quill calls the White House switchboard and threatens…

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Thоmаs Quill cаlls the White Hоuse switchbоаrd and threatens to kill the President of the United States. After an investigation by the Secret Service, Quill is charged with and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 871(a), which prohibits “knowingly and willfully . . . mak[ing] [a] threat against the President . . . .” Facing a fine and up to five years’ imprisonment, Quill appeals his conviction, claiming that Congress lacks the authority to criminalize threats against the President. Having read the Court’s disposition of Robin Weathers’s case, Quill points out that there is no power in Article I, § 8 to which criminalizing threats to the life of the President could be considered “necessary and proper.” How should a reviewing court rule?

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