| Description of Case |
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| 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 |
Printz v. US |
| Held that Congress could regulate labor relations in a factory; extended interpretation of Commerce clause |
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel |
| Said 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 |
Fletcher v. Peck |
| Ruled that the Fed. Gun Control Act prohibiting the possession of a gun within 1000 ft. of a school was unconstitutional.; limited the application of the Commerce Clause |
US v. Lopez |
| Upheld Civil Rts. Act; reaffirmed Congress's broad powers under Commerce Clause |
Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US |
| Struck down part of the Violence Against Women Act; limitation of application of Commerce Clause |
US v Morrison |
| Established that it was constitutional to establish a Natl. Bank; used the elastic clause and supremacy clause |
McCulloch v. Maryland |
| Held that the fed. license outweighed a state navigational license; showed the fed. govt. was supreme in issues of interstate commerce |
Gibbons v. Ogden |
| Upheld Congressional legislation requiring states to raise the legal drinking age as a condition of receiving all their fed. hwy. funds |
South Dakota v. Dole |
| Held that Congress had the power to set quotas on the production of crops even when the crop was destined for a farmer's private consumption |
Wickard v. Filburn |
| Held that Congress could use the Commerce Clause to outlaw the use of medical marijuana |
Gonzales v. Raich |
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