Exam 2

Question 1

National League of Cities v. Usery

Answer 1

Min. wage interfered w/ state; dual federalism

Question 2

Alden v. Maine

Answer 2

State employees can’t sue nonconsenting states; dual federalism

Question 3

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 3

States can’t tax national bank; cooperative federalism

Question 4

Coyle v. Smith

Answer 4

States must be admitted equally into the Union; dual federalism

Question 5

Garcia v. San Antonio Metorpolitan Transit Authority

Answer 5

FLSA can be imposed on state public transit; cooperative federalism

Question 6

New York v. United States

Answer 6

States can’t be forced to enact federal programs

Question 7

Printz v. United States

Answer 7

State officials can’t be forced to enact federal programs

Question 8

Cohens v. Virginia

Answer 8

Citizens may sue their own state in federal court; cooperative federalism

Question 9

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida

Answer 9

Congress can’t authorize suits by citizens against their own state for violating federal acts; dual federalism

Question 10

United States v. E.C. Knight Co.

Answer 10

Can’t regulate intrastate sugar refining; dual federalism

Question 11

Hammer v. Dagenhart

Answer 11

Can’t regulate child labor conditions; dual federalism

Question 12

A.L.A. Schecter Poultry Corp. v. United States

Answer 12

Can’t regulate indirect commerce; dual federalism

Question 13

Carter v. Carter Coal Co.

Answer 13

Can’t regulate intrastate coal mining before stream of commerce; dual federalism

Question 14

United States v. Lopez

Answer 14

Can’t regulate non-economic, criminal activities; dual federalism

Question 15

United States v. Morrison

Answer 15

Can’t regulate non-economic, gender violence; dual federalism

Question 16

Naional Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius (Commerce)

Answer 16

Can’t compel commerce via the individual mandate; dual federalism

Question 17

Gibbons v. Ogden

Answer 17

Can regulate interstate navigation; cooperative federalism

Question 18

Champion v. Ames

Answer 18

Can regulate interstate lottery sales; cooperative federalism

Question 19

Stafford v. Wallace

Answer 19

Can regulate meatpackers/stockyards part of stream of commerce; cooperative federalism

Question 20

National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel

Answer 20

Can regulate union rights, burdens to interstate commerce; cooperative federalism

Question 21

United States v. Darby

Answer 21

Can regulate fair labor standards, stream of commerce; cooperative federalism

Question 22

Wickard v. Filburn

Answer 22

Can regulate local produce for home comsumption, aggregated; cooperative federalism

Question 23

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Answer 23

Can regulate civil rights issue, interstate travel; cooperative federalism

Question 24

Gonzales v. Raich

Answer 24

Can regulate marijuana farming for home consumption “rational basis” test; cooperative federalism

Question 25

McCray v. United States

Answer 25

Only limitation on taxing power is uniformity of tax; cooperative federalism

Question 26

Bailey v. Drexler Furniture Co.

Answer 26

Tax cannot be used as a penalty; dual federalism

Question 27

Sonzinsky v. United States

Answer 27

Selective taxes to regulate activities; cooperative federalism

Question 28

South Dakota v. Dole

Answer 28

Taxes to encourage state activities, highway funds; cooperative federalism

Question 29

Naional Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius (Taxing/Spending)

Answer 29

"Shared responsibility" payment seen as a tax, funding cannot be withheld from nonparticipating states; cooperative federalism