| A | B |
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| Marbury v. Madison | First established principle of judicial review |
| NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel | Held that Congress could regulate labor relations in a factory; extended interpretation of Commerce clause |
| U.S. v. Lopez | Ruled 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 |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Established that it was constitutional to establish a Natl. Bank; used the elastic clause |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Held that the fed. license outweighted a state navigational license; showed the fed. govt. was supreme in issues of interstate commerce |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | Established the Federal Court System |
| Supremacy Clause | Part of the Constitution that says that federal laws shall be binding on the states |
| Writ of Mandamus | A court order to a government official to perform a specified act |
| Alien Act | Said that the president could deport a foreigner who might be a danger to the country |
| Sedition Act | Made it a criminal act to write or say malicious things about government officials |
| Unitary Government | A centralized form of government where the local governments have only those powers given to them by the central government |
| Confederation | A group of severeign states combine for a specific purpose |
| Federalism | A form of government where power is divided between a central government and states or local governments |
