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General & Fiscal References

• R Einhorn Slides from the Lecture pdf file (212 kb)
  includes charts from John Joseph Wallis (2000) "American Government Finance in the Long Run: 1790 to 1990" Journal of Economic Perspectives , 14, 1, 61-82, selected definitions of federalism and quotations from Prigg v. Pennsylvania and the 14th Ammendment which are referenced in the lecture.
  
  
• California History-Social Science Curriculum Framework
  Grade 8 > Section 8.2 > Framework 7."Describe the principles of federalism, dual sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, the nature and purpose of majority rule, and the ways in which the American idea of constitutionalism preserves individual rights."
  http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/allfwks.asp
  
  
• Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2007 (2.2 MB) PDF Information provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment over an extended time period, generally from 1940 or earlier to 2007.
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/
  
  
• The Text of the Constitution, Amendment X (Ratified December 15, 1791), doctrine of states' rights
  http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
  details_explanation.php?link=159&const=17_amd_10
  
  

  Legislative References

• Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html
  
  
• Embargo Act of 1807
  http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0817234.html
  
  http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/
  life/secretary/embargo.htm
  
  
• Nullification Proclamation of 1832
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Nullification.html
  
  
• The Fugitive Slave Act 1850
  http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/fugitive.htm
  
  
• Rendition of Anthony Burns 1854
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1570.html
  
  
• Civil Rights Act 1866
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/ps_1866.html
  
  
• Civil Rights Acts (1866 -1875)
  http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/gallery/civilrights.asp
  
  
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890
  http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=51
  
  http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/
  texts/sherman_antitrust.html
  
  
• Pure Food and Drug Act 1906
  http://www.c-span.org/classroom/pov/povlp_schiavone5.asp
  
  http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/l
  
  
• Volstead Act of 1919
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct28.html
  
  

  Judicial References

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
  http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=21
  
  http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/
  conlaw/congpowers.htm
  
  
• U.S. Supreme Court: PRIGG v. COM. OF PENNSYLVANIA, 41 U.S. 539 (1842)
  http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?
  navby=case&court=us&vol=41&page=539
  
  
• Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842 Held: Federal law trumps state law)
  http://www.4lawschool.com/conlaw/prigg.shtml
  
  
• 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 1868
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.htm
  
  
• Lochner v. New York, 1905 State's Police Powers vs Personal Liberty to Contract Under the 14th Amendment
  http://www.lectlaw.com/files/case37.htm
  
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/
  USSC_CR_0198_0045_ZS.html
  
  
• Nebbia v. New York, 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
  http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/
  libertyofk.htm
  
  
• National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) 1935
  http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=67 l
  
  
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
  http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/
  conlaw/sepbutequal.htm
  
  
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
  http://www.landmarkcases.org/miranda/home.html
  
  
• Roe v. Wade (1973)
  http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials
  /conlaw/abortion.htm