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Marbury v. Madison (1803, Federalism) The case established judicial review. This gave the Supreme Court power to strike down acts of Unites States Congress which conflict with the Consitution McCulloch v. Maryland (1819, Federalism) This case is important becuase it established a precednt of federal courts using judicial review to strike down Congressional legislation Gitlow v. New York (1925, Federalism) Began the practice of selective incorporation-the practice of transferring protections the Americans had from the federal government and applying them to the state governments South Dakota v. Dole (1987, Federalism) The court said it was consitutional for the federal government to withhold funds federal highway funds from all the states that did not comply with the 21 year-old drinking age limit United States v. Lopez (1995, Federalism) Congress had used the commerce clause to aggressivley create legislation governing what seemed to be purley local matters. The the Court blocked them here a bit by holding that he Commerce Clause does not give congress the right to regulate guns near state-operated schools Korematsu v. United States (1944, Executive Power) ruled that American citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order U.S. v. Nixon (1974, Executive Power) The Court established executive privilage. They forbid its use though in criminal cases. Clinton v. New York (1998, Executive Power) This case banned the presidential use of a line item veto as a violation of legislatuve powers