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The Articles of Confederation had no central government making states have all the power.
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Organized a central government to have power of the states.
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Said that all laws of the federal government were the law of the land and nothing had power of them.
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It is stated in the Constitution that the government has the right to set an income tax. By doing this the government recieves income.
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Gives any power not stated in the Constitution to the States.
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They stated that the states could declare acts of Congress unconstitutional if they were against the Constitution through nullification.
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It was the first case in which the Supreme Court declared a state law unconstitutional
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It stopped Maryland from taxing the Second Bank of the United States. It clarified that Congress had the power to establish a bank.
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It gave Congress the right to control interstate commerce.
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The Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania law that required ships in Philadelphia to hire a local pilot was legal and didn't violate the Commerce Clause.
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The case decided that Congress couldn't ban slavery in territories giving territories the right to own slaves.
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It showed that the federal government had the power to hold all the states together and that states could not simply secede.
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It overruled the Dred Scott decision and said that blacks could be citizens. It stated that states could not deprive people of life, liberty, or property.
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Gave the government the power to break up trusts and monopolies.
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The federal government had the power to inspect food and drugs to make sure they weren't harmful.
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Gives Congress the right to use income tax without needing to divide it amongst states or basing it on the Census.
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Said that Congress couldn't regulate prostitution.
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Congress gave the power of voting to women.
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Ruled that Fourteenth Amendment affected more than just federal laws but went to state laws too.
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Gave the Federal Government programs such as FDIC and FHA to help the country get out of the Great Depression.
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Ruled that the government could legally send Japanese Americans to internment camps.
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Said that state laws creating seperate schools for white and black was unconstitutional.
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It changed how the House was set up reducing the number of representatives from rural areas.
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Outlaws major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women. This stops the southern states from abusing them and controlling voting from them.
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Provided money for states to split between the state and municipal governments.
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Said that a state law against aliens taking probation officer jobs was legal.
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Gave Americans with disabilities more rights and forced states to have certain standards for people with disabilities.
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Declared that the "Take Title" part of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act was unconstitional and went past Congress's power.
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Allowed police officers and intelligence agencies to wiretap people legally.
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Started the process of devolution by giving more powers back to states by trying to make Medicaid, welfare, child care, child protective services block grants to the states and making them responsible.
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This case limited Congress's powers from the Commerce Clause
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Said that commanding chief commanding officers of local jurisdiction to perform background checks was unconstitutional.
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Stated that Congress could not allow nonconsenting states to be sued by individuals.
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Stated that the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 was legal under the Commerce Clause.
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The government created many new rules to help protect the people of America from another attack.
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Gave states the power to set a standard in their education.
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Held that the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was legal.
