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• Interstate Commerce
  [[Category:Constitutional Provisions]]
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• Interstate Relations
  ...orporate provisions governing relations between sister states. These later provisions are often refered to as “horizontal federalism.” The [[U.S. Constitutio ...of 1942 were granted consent for a specific period of time, but the sunset provisions subsequently were removed. Congress in 2001 did not act on a bill extending
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• Judiciary Act of 1789, Section 25
  ...nabled review by the Supreme Court of lower federal court opinions and had provisions for review of state court decisions as well. ...ion of the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided a source of early controversy in constitutional politics. After establishing its right to judicial review in the landmark c
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• Land Use
  ...y empowering through [[State Legislatures|legislation]] and constitutional provisions their legal creatures, the general purpose local governments, to zone and u
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• Lincoln, Abraham
  ...power. Although the federal government did not completely dominate states, constitutional amendments, [[Civil Rights|civil rights acts]], and a highly intrusive, con ...anded the national government’s role and authority over domestic policy. Provisions of the [[Morrill Act of 1862|Morrill Act]] (1862) created land grant colleg
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• Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  ...s argument for equality of rights, Douglas could point to constitutional provisions favoring slaveholders. Clauses in the 1787 Constitution regarding represent ...ong. The [[Civil War]] would transfer this debate to battlefields, and the constitutional amendments enacted by the victors would alter the terms upon which rights w
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• Local Government
  ...reserves powers to local governments; there is no mention of them. Lacking constitutional status, local governments are at the legal mercy of the states, which have ...nstitutional provisions regulating cities; other states soon followed. The constitutional shift moved local governments to a status where their powers are derived fr
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• Marshall, John
  ...urt]] as the primary arbiter of disputes concerning federalism, and as the constitutional watchdog for an effective and functional national government in the United ...reign powers between the federal government and the states, subject to the provisions of the [[Supremacy Clause: Article VI, Clause 2|Supremacy Clause]] (Article
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• Missouri v. Holland (1920)
  ...ecifically limited to particular subject matters. Nor is it clear from the constitutional text whether or to what extent the treaty power is affected by the [[Tenth
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• Nationalization of the Bill of Rights
  ...the Bill of Rights played an important albeit restricted role in American constitutional law, since the rights contained in the Bill of Rights could only be legitim ...y grand juries, or to afford criminal defendants jury trials, although the provisions of the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Amendments of the Bill of Rights imposed t
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• Necessary and Proper Clause
  ...l of the colonial charters and most of the state constitutions had similar provisions. The [[Articles of Confederation]] were somewhat unusual in limiting powers ...lause aroused little discussion in the [[Constitutional Convention of 1787|Constitutional Convention]]. This became, however, one of the most controversial issues co
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• New Deal
  ...of the social contract. A new concept of liberty anchored in the existing constitutional framework was central to this redefinition. In his eighth annual address be ...of government programs was minimal during the first 140 years of American constitutional history. Federal, state, and local governments had relatively separate domi
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• New Jersey Plan
  On June 14, 1787, William Paterson, delegate from New Jersey, rose in the [[Constitutional Convention of 1787|Convention]] on behalf of a coalition of delegates who d SEE ALSO: [[Connecticut Compromise]]; [[Constitutional Convention of 1787]]; [[Virginia Plan]]
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• New York v. United States (1992)
  ...lthough the case received relatively little attention from journalists and constitutional scholars at the time it was handed down, it marked the beginning of a renew ...terpretation of the Tenth Amendment under ''New York'' when it struck down provisions of the Brady Bill in ''[[Printz v. United States]]'' (1997).
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• Northwest Ordinance of 1787
  ...y principle were shortly incorporated into the Constitution, including the provisions of Article IV guaranteeing “full faith and credit” to the actions of ea ...otections for residents of the territory that were identical or similar to provisions written into the later Constitution, including religious freedom, writ of h
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• Police Power
  ...S. Supreme Court]] cases involve balancing state police power with federal constitutional requirements. [[Category:Constitutional Provisions]]
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• Preemption
  ...uarantees contained in these amendments and supersede state constitutional provisions and subnational laws as needed. Congress has utilized the preemptive power .... Hence, preemption and supremacy of the law are recognized as distinctive constitutional concepts.
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• Presidency
  ...he office in turn influence federalism in the course of carrying out their constitutional functions, which include taking care that the laws of the United States are === PRESIDENTS IN OFFICE: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ===
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• Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
  ...ir claims and gain legal custody over the fugitives. Quite remarkably, the constitutional issues raised by the act did not come before the [[Supreme Court of the Uni ...ever, the Fugitive Slave Clause, sandwiched in Section 2 between these two provisions, includes no such grant of power to Congress. One might interpret this lack
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• Printz v. United States (1997)
  ...the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] struck down provisions of the federal Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act for unconstitutionally ...izona—filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Brady Bill provisions that required them to conduct background checks on prospective gun buyers.
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