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Federalism
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Elastic Clause (Federal)
This Clause was put in to make sure that the Government is not in a rigid cage but rather a bubble that can stretch. Because as the times change so must the government. It is an increase to Federal power because it gives the government seemingly unlimited power in the future. -
Supremacy Clause (Federal)
This clause in the constitution states that the Federal Government has supreme power over all the states and localities. It is an increase to Federal power because it makes the Fed more powerful than the States -
Commerce Clause (Federal)
Established by justice John Marshall, the Commerce Clause is an increase to Federal Power because it gives the fed the right to regulate interstate and foreign trading. -
10th Amendment (States)
This amendment states that everything not adressed by the Feds are left to the states. It is an increase to the State's powers because it gives them separation from the feds to do what they want. -
McCulloch v. Maryland (Federal)
Upheld the authority of the National Bank over the states. Established the precedent the the federal government held authority over the monetary system and not the states. -
Missouri compromise (States)
This one is a bit tricky but I am willing to argue that the Missouri Compromise expanded the power that states held in a federalist system. Because it continued the idea that differ states could have completely different yet still under the same federal government. -
Gibbons V. Odgen (Federal)
Reaffirmed the idea that the feds have sole power over interstate commerce. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford (Federal)
When the Supreme Court Declared that slaves do not have any rights. It is an increase in federal power because it sets the precedent that the feds have the ability to decide who is and who is not a person with rights. -
Civil War (Federal)
Many things happened in the civil war that gave the Federal Government more power but the biggest reason in my mind is that it reaffirmed the Supremacy Clause because the States wanted to leave but it was the Federal governments will that they stay in the union. -
14th amendment (Federal)
Declares that no states are allowed to infringe on the individual liberties of its citizens. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act (Federal)
Gives the feds not only the power to regulate interstate commerce but now it expands to making sure businesses are competing fairly. -
Plessy V. Ferguson (States)
It allowed States the rights to set up its own laws "Separate but equal" regardless of what was said in the 14th amendment. -
Pure Food and Drug Act (Federal)
Expanded Federal power by allowing the feds to regulate the health of the food that we eat. -
16th Admendment (Federal)
It allowed the power to the federal government, for the first time in its history, to tax people based on their income. -
Creation of the Federal Reserve (Federal)
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The New Deal (Federal)
A huge expansion of the Federal government's power. Set up many agencies that had power in everything from agriculture to electricity. Also the first implementation of a Keynesian Economic theory in the USA. -
Brown V. Board of Education (Federal)
It tooks away the State's power to implement segregation. The Federal government took that power away from the states. -
Civil Rights act of 1964 (Federal)
Another example of the Federal government taking power away from the States. It took away the power for states to Discriminate in any open area. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Federal)
One of the first instances of the federal government getting into education. But it allowed the feds to allow more funding into areas that are in poverty. This program basically opened the floodgates for federal intervention into the school system. -
Roe v. Wade (Federal)
This court case expanded the feds power because it allowed the feds to override the states and permit abortion to be legal. -
Americans with Disabilities Act (Federal)
It was an expansion of federal power because it started a swarm of federal regulations that were to be implemented in public areas. -
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (Federal)
Reaffirmed that the states do not have the right to ban abortions. -
Patriot Act
During the hysteria of 911. The patriot act gave the federal government the power to spy on its own citizens without the formalities that existed for them beforehand. -
No Child Left Behind Act (Federal)
Another example of the federal government increasing its power and setting up education standards that schools have to follow. -
Affordable Care Act (Federal)
Gives the right to the federal government to make sure everybody has health care.