Chapter 7: Federalism

supremacy clause

supremacy clause

Under the ________, there is little doubt that federal law trumps inconsistent state law.

Martin v Hunters Lessee

The Courts power to review state court decisions about federal law was settled in 1816 in ________ (14 U.S. 304)

Chapter 7

Federalism

Federalism

__________ refers to the integration of a general government and small regional governments in a whole single political system.

banks

There is nothing in the Constitution about the federal government establishing __________.

McCulloch v. Maryland

In ____________, the Court faced the dual challenge of assessing national legislation under the standard of Marbury and of declaring conflicting state legislation unconstitutional.

agrarian populists

The bank represented a commitment to industrialization and commerce, a conception of the United States strongly resisted by the _________________.

Congress

______________ had established a national bank, and the State of Maryland sought to impose a tax on all banks, including the federal bank.