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Printz Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 03, 1996

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  12. Printz v. United
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  13. Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana V. United
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  14. Together with No. 95-1503, Mack v. United
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  15. without the States' consent. They appear to rest on the natural assumption that the States would consent, see FERC v. Mississippi
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  16. See, e. g., Gregory v. Ashcroft
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  17. a residuary and inviolable sovereignty that is reflected throughout the Constitution's text. See, e. g., Lane County v. Oregon
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  18. delegated 900 Syllabus powers within the Necessary and Proper Clause's meaning. Cf. New York v. United
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  19. U. S. 714, 723-724 (1986) (quoting Marsh v. Chambers
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  20. Myers v. United
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  21. Holmgren v. United
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  22. United States v. Jones
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  23. elsewhere created obligations in justice that courts of the forum State would enforce. See, e. g., McKenna v. Fisk
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  24. generally required such enforcement with respect to obligations arising in other States. See Hughes v. Fetter
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  25. identical with the line established by the Constitution for federal separation-of-powers purposes, see Sweezy v. New
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  26. Humphrey's Executor v. United
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  27. See California v. Superior
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  28. assumption that the States would consent to allowing their officials to assist the Federal Government, see FERC v. Mississippi
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  29. first of all.) We have held, however, that state legislatures are not subject to federal direction. New York v. United
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  30. all state actions constituting such obstruction, even legislative Acts, are ipso facto invalid.6 See Silkwood v. KerrMcGee
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  31. force is far outweighed by almost two centuries of apparent congressional avoidance of the practice. Compare INS v. Chadha
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  32. The Federalist No. 39, at 245 (J. Madison). This is reflected throughout the Constitution's text, Lane County v. Oregon
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  33. Texas v. White
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  34. The Federalist No. 15, at 109. We have set forth the historical record in more detail elsewhere, see New York v. United
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  35. U. S. 549 , 576-577 (1995) (KENNEDY, J., concurring). Cf. Edgar v. MITE
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  36. resolution of a significant constitutional question to rest upon reasonable implications. See, e. g., Myers v. United
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  37. Plaut v. Spendthrift
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  38. regulations on statutory grounds in order to avoid what they perceived to be grave constitutional issues, see Maryland v. EPA
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  39. Brown v. EPA
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  40. of Columbia Circuit invalidated the regulations on both constitutional and statutory grounds, see District of Columbia v. Train
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  41. of those that remained, leading us to vacate the opinions below and remand for consideration of mootness. EPA v. Brown
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  42. may not compel the States to implement, by legislation or executive action, federal regulatory programs. In Hodel v. Virginia
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  43. Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc., 452 U. S. 264 (1981), and FERC v. Mississippi
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  44. did not require the States to enforce federal law. In 926 Hodel we cited the lower court cases in EPA v. Brown
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  45. enact or administer a federal regulatory program, our decision should have come as no surprise. At issue in New York v. United
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  46. delegation of legislative authority for federal separation-of-powers purposes. See A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United
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  47. indeed, some think we have abandoned the effort to do so. See FPC v. New
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  48. retained sovereignty that they remain independent and autonomous within their proper sphere of authority. See Texas v. White
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  49. The Government purports to find support for its proffered distinction of New York in our decisions in Testa v. Katt
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  50. U. S. 386 (1947), and FERC v. Mississippi
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