Usa Government Timeline Project

The Oyez Project-online, searchable files of Supreme Court cases C

 http://www.oyez.org/

 PBS-They have an interactive timeline, too! C http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark.html

 Cornell University has cases also organized by topic (like Federalism!) C http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/ 

Findlaw also supports court case database C

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html 

Street Law has a number of landmark court cases C

http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark.aspx 

Nevada vs Hibbs

http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/constitutional-law/constitutional-law-keyed-to-cohen/governmental-control-of-the-content-of-expression/nevada-departmetn-of-human-resources-v-hibbs/

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/01-1368.ZO.html

Fletcher vs Peck

http://www.lawnix.com/cases/fletcher-peck.html

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/10/87

Gibbons vs ogden

http://www.lawnix.com/cases/gibbons-ogden.html

Reno vs Condon

http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/constitutional-law/constitutional-law-keyed-to-chemerinsky/the-federal-legislative-power/reno-v-condon/

Wesberry vs sanders

http://law.jrank.org/pages/24896/Wesberry-v-Sanders-Significance.html

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Ed’s individual paragraph

In regards to federalism, the U.S doing exactly what it needs to do in relation to the framers’ original intent. The Federalist Paper #51 states that some deviation from the constitution is necessary to deal with issues in the future. Such deviation can be observed through passing of amendments and the “implied powers” of Congress. It also states that in order to preserve order, forces in the  government should work against each other to limit their power. This can easily be seen in the back and forth giving of power  between the state and federal governments, such as rulings in court cases and response to national events. In conclusion, the U.S. is still following the same plan the framers set centuries ago.

Noah’s individual paragraph:

EDWARD’S PAGE

• 104th Congress

• Meeting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in Washington D.C. from Jan. 3, 1995, Jan. 3 1997.
•  Both chambers had republican majorities for the first time since the 1950s
• Nov 14-19, 1995: U.S. Government shutdown
• Devolved AFDC and other clinton welfare & tried to devolve medicaid. Due to the devolution, more power was given to the states.

• 1940s for farming

• Feds expand power through rationing during WW2, affecting farmers.
• Fed gvt. Could determine how much food people could buy and quota farmers. Due to the increased control that the federal gvt. had on people’s daily lives, federal power increased

• Civil Right’s Act of 1964

• Racial discrimination illegal
• EEOC created to monitor and enforce protections against job discrimination
• Provided for withholding federal grants from state and local governments and other institution that practiced racial discrimination
• Strengthened voting rights legislation
• Authorized U.S. Justice Department to initiate lawsuits to desegregate public schools and facilities
• Federal gvt. could now control discrimination and states could not. Therefore, the federal gvt. had more control

• Elastic Clause (1787) (or 1819)  

• Also known as “necessary and proper clause”
• Allows Congress to pass all laws to use their enumerated powers
• Aka. “IMPLIED POWERS”
• From that mculloch case
• More power to Federal gov due to the endowment of “implied powers”

• Law Enforcement Assitance Act (1965)

• Authorizes attorney general to give grants to states to train police
• More power to the federal government as the attorney general can now give grants.

• 9/11 (2000)

• Dpt. of Homeland Security created (Federal? As DHS is a federal organization)
• USA Patriot Act (Gave fed gvt greater powers- Ex. Can detain foreign terror suspects for a week without charge, monitor telephone, email, and internet use by terror suspects, and prosecute suspected terrorists without time restrictions)
• Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Fed, fed gvt. Is responsible for airport security)
• More power to federal government as they are given greater reign on national security

• Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions (1798-1799)

• Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
• Argued that the federal alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional
• Argued that the federal gvt. can’t use powers not specifically stated in the constitution
• Also argued the federal gvt. Can’t punish crimes not particularly stated in the constitution
• Argued that the state’s have the right to determine whether the federal gvts. Actions are unconstitutional
• Kentucky Resolution says due to the above, states can NULLIFY LAWS
• Greater power given to states as it proposes nullification

CASES

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Supreme court overturned state laws concerning segregation in schools, declaring them unconstitutional
• Power given to federal gvt. as states cannot segregate

• Hoke v. United States (1913)

• Fed gvt cannot regulate prostitution in states, but can regulate interstate transport of prostitutes
• More power to states as federal gov can no longer regulate prostitution in states

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Upheld state segregation laws “separate but equal”
• Power to State as state segregation laws are upheld.

• Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852)

• Held that a pennsylvania law requiring all ships entering and leaving philadelphia to hire a local pilot did not violate the constitution
• Ships that didn’t comply would be fined
• More power to states as state laws are upheld
• https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/53us299

• New York v. United States (1992)

• About whether the feds could require states to dispose of low level radioactive waste and force them to be liable and own the waste
• Feds could do  first two provisions (financial rewards and disposal access site access as incentives) but the take-title provision (the third about liability) was unconstitutional
• States given more power as federal government cannot hold states responsible for radioactive waste.
• https://www.oyez.org/cases/1991/91-543

Krish’s Page make sure you put the dates down

• 14th Amendment (1868)

Granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.Forbid any state to deny a person their natural rights without due process of law.Expanded the protection of civil rights to all Americans.

• Articles of Confederation (1781)

States remained sovereign and independent, with Congress serving as the last resort on appeal of disputes. Central government lacked the ability to levy taxes and regulate commerce, issues that led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

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