AP Gov Court Cases

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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

implied powers are valid

  • US can have a bank

Maryland can’t tax bank (Fed gov has more power)

  • “power to tax is power to destroy


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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

  • Federal law is superior (interstate commerce is more powerful than intrastate)

  • Expanded definition of commerce to basically any commercial activity


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US v. Lopez (1995)

gun restrictions and commerce clause

  • guns aren’t commerce, Fed gov can’t keep guns out of school zones, only states

  • 10th amendment


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US v. Morrison (2000)

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

  • women may get “remedy” through fed courts (states don’t do anything)

  • commerce: rapes depress economic activity

VAWA is unconstitutional, state issue (not commerce)

14th amendment, not about individual citizens, only state