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Bicameralism
created a powerful national legislature to represent both the People and the States. -
Cargo of the Brig Aurora v. United States
the proclamation was effective, seeing no sufficient reason why the legislature should not exercise its discretion -
McCulloch v. Maryland
recognized that the enumerated powers included some implied ones -
Wayman v. Southard
concerned the ability of state legislatures to set rules and procedures in federal courts within their states. -
Slaughter-House Cases
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U.S. v. Cruikshank
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Civil rights Cases
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Giles v. Harris
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Lochner v. New York
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Lochner v. New York
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Pocket Veto Case
holding that “the determinative question” is whether Congress has adjourned in a manner “that ‘prevents’ the President from returning the bill to the House in which it originated within the time allowed.” -
Wickard v. Filburn
Court has afforded significant deference to Congress’s judgment about how far to press its enumerated powers -
Powell v. McCormack
embroiled in controversy inside and outside Washington. -
Schlesinger v. Reservists to Stop the War
ruled that citizens do not have the right to challenge the constitutionality of members of Congress holding reserve commissions in the armed forces. -
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
Elections Clause did not permit a state to refuse to print on the ballot the names of candidates for the U.S. House who already had served three terms there, or the names of candidates for the U.S. Senate who had already served two terms.