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What prevents the federal government from using the supremacy clause to take all powers away from the states?
Congress is only able to take action using the Supremacy Clause if its actions are within an area in which Congress holds authority. If it doesn't have the authority, the Supremacy Clause is invalid. Intent also needs to be established. In other words, the law must have been created for the purpose of superseding the policy of the state.
What is a summary of the supremacy clause?
A supremacy clause allows the National Government to out do smaller levels of Government, in doing so can prevent unfair policies and a lack of justice in that form of Government that's all wrong.
Does allowing a state to take an action that opposed federal law undermine the federal government?
this question is an opinion question. the fact that the federal government can ever feel undermined my a state's decision means that the federal government is indeed not supreme and the supremacy clause should be defined unsupported. But alas that is not the case so my answer is that since the supremacy lies within the federal govt any decision that states make that opposes the federal govt does not undermine the federal, however, allows the states to use their reserved powers that given to them in the constitution in the tenth amendment.
Many delegates at the Constitution Convention feared that a strong central government would?
Take away rights of individuals and states.
What was the Supreme Court decision in korematsu v United States?
The government was allowed to take away individual rights in times of war.…
