Can Congress order a state legislature to pass a law?
New York v. United States and Murphy v. NCAA bar Congress from ordering state legislatures to act. Here is the rule and what it still allows.
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law
Presidential power, federalism, and equal protection, read from the opinions themselves.
Constitutional Law
Why is the most famous part of Youngstown not what decided it?
Everyone quotes Jackson’s “zone of twilight” from Youngstown v. Sawyer, but that is not what decided the case. A 2L breaks down the real reasoning.
Constitutional Law
Can a president fight a war that Congress never declared?
The Prize Cases let a president meet a rebellion with force and a blockade before Congress acted. Here is the rule, and its weak point.