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The SlaughterHouse Cases
The due process claim imposed the identical requirements on the states as the Fifth Amendment imposed on the national government. The court decided that the privileges and immunities applied to national citizenship rather than state citizenship. -
Interstate Comm
With the passage of this act the railroad became the first industry subject to federal regulation. Congress passes this act in response to popular demand for regulations upon the railroad. It also establishes the interstate commerce commission. -
Printz v U.S.
States were having background checks on those who wanted to buy a handgun legally until the federal government established a system for this. The Courts ruled that the federal government could not do this based on the old principle that state legislatures are not subject to federal direction. Therefore the states had the background check done through them instead of the federal government. -
U.S. v Lopez
States were having background checks on those who wanted to buy a handgun legally until the federal government established a system for this. The Courts ruled that the federal government could not do this based on the old principle that state legislatures are not subject to federal direction. Therefore the states had the background check done through them instead of the federal government.