The net impact of the two Supreme Court cases, National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) and Garcia v. San Antonio (1985), has been to
a. restrict the federal government's ability to regulate the activities of states and localities.
b. establish that the federal government's role in state and local government would be decided legislatively, not judicially.
c. establish that the federal government's role in state and local government would be decided judicially.
d. set a precedent for restricted federal activity in state and local governmental affairs.
b
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a. communist b. elitist c. populist d. racist
One way to think about the political environment of American local governments is to think of cities and counties as
a. monopolies in an uncompetitive marketplace. b. businesses in a competitive marketplace. c. tycoons in a high-profit industry. d. consumers in a marketplace.