Quia Home Home FAQ About Log in Subscribe now 30-day free trial
Java Games: Matching, concentration, word search, and flashcards.

Supreme Court Cases on Federalism

Click here to return to Quizzes Page


AB
Printz v. U.S.Held that the fed. govt. could not require state and local police to enforce a fed. law w/o providing money and state acceptance of that fed. support
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin SteelHeld that Congress could regulate labor relations in a factory; extended interpretation of Commerce clause
Fletcher v. PeckSaid a state could not pass a law that impaired contracts or land titles acquired in good faith; first time that the Sup. Ct. said a state law was unconstitutional
U.S. v. LopezRuled that the Fed. Gun Control Act prohibitin the possession of a gun within 1000 ft. of a school was unconst.; limited the application of the Commerce Clause
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.Upheld Civil Rts. Act; reaffirmed Congress's broad powers under Commerce Clause
U.S. v. MorrisonStruck down part of the Violence Against Women Act; limitation of application of Commerce Clause
McCulloch v. MarylandEstablished that it was constitutional to establish a Natl. Bank; used the elastic clause
Katzenbach v. McClungApplied Civil Rts. Act to a small restaurant b/c it purchased supplies thru interstae commerce
Gibbons v. OgdenHeld that the fed. license outweighted a state navigational license; showed the fed. govt. was supreme in issues of interstate commerce
South Dakota v. DoleUpheld Congressional legislation requiring states to raise the legal drinking age as a condition of receiving all their fed. hwy. funds