Author Question: The net impact of the two Supreme Court cases, National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) and Garcia ... (Read 56 times)

folubunmi · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

The net impact of the two Supreme Court cases, National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) and Garcia v. San Antonio (1985), has been to

a. restrict the federal government's ability to regulate the activities of states and localities.
b. establish that the federal government's role in state and local government would be decided legislatively, not judicially.
c. establish that the federal government's role in state and local government would be decided judicially.
d. set a precedent for restricted federal activity in state and local governmental affairs.

Question 2

When the federal government displaces the traditional powers of states and localities, it is called

a. usurping.
b. turnback.
c. preemption.
d. coercion.