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United States v. Wheeler 254 U.S. 281 (1920) is an 8-to-1 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the Constitution alone did not grant the federal government the power to prosecute kidnappers and only the states had the authority to punish a private citizen’s unlawful violation of another’s freedom of movement.

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