The Federalism Debate: Commerce Clause 🎅🏼United States v. Lopez (1995) 🔫

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the appropriate balance of power between national and state governments has been interpreted differently over time

⏰ What We Did

• Reviewed the facts, constitutional questions, decision, and reasoning behind McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
• Investigated the Constitution's commerce clause
• Examined United States v. Lopez (1995), identifying the facts, constitutional questions, decision, and reasoning of the Supreme Court

⚙️ Resources

• 13 The Federalism Debate: Commerce Clause
• United States v. Lopez Case Summary