us federalism case studies and facts

Question 1

mcculloch v maryland 1819

Answer 1

In favour of fed gov
Congress had power to create a national bank and states couldnt tax federal institutions
more power to fed gov

Question 2

gibbons v ogden 1824

Answer 2

in favour of fed gov
SC said fed gov can regulate navigation under commerce clause, overriding state legislation that conflicted with fed regulations
more power to fed gov

Question 3

new deal era 1930s

Answer 3

rooselvelt, great depression, cooperative federalism
fed gov expanded its role in social and economic policy to help states while they were suffering from affects of wall street crash
more power to fed gov

Question 4

brown v board of education 1954

Answer 4

SC ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional under 14th amendment.
more power to fed gov

Question 5

us v lopez 1995

Answer 5

SC ruled Gun-Free school zone act exceeded congress’ authority
more power to states, new federalism

Question 6

affordable care act (obamacare) 2010

Answer 6

expanded medicaid but allowed states to opt out of expansion following ruling of NFIB v sebelius 2012 (threatening to take away funding for medicaid unless they expanded medicaid programmes is unconstitutional)
tensions between fed and state govs

Question 7

obergefell v hodges 2015

Answer 7

SC ruled that 14th amendment guarantees right to same sex marriage, overruling state bans.
more power to fed gov

Question 8

marijuana legalisation

Answer 8

legal for recreational use in 11 states, legal for medicinal uses in 31 states. technically illegal federally but law not enforced because obama wanted to give that power to the states (cole memo 2013)
conflict between state and fed law

Question 9

covid 19

Answer 9

fed gov issued national guidelines and states called lockdown at different times depending on what their state needed
tensions in federalism