Constitutional Law - Tenth Amendment - State Sovereignty as a Limit on Congressional Power

Authors

Scott Gardner

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court held that a federal statute offering the states an option between two unconstitutionally coercive regulatory techniques- either accepting ownership of radioactive waste generated within the state or regulating radioactive waste disposal according to Congress' direction-was beyond Congress' enumerated powers and infringed upon state sovereignty reserved by the Tenth Amendment.

New York v United States, ___ US ___, 112 S Ct 2408 (1992).

First Page

877

Recommended Citation

Scott Gardner, Constitutional Law - Tenth Amendment - State Sovereignty as a Limit on Congressional Power, 31 Duq. L. Rev. 877 (1983).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol31/iss4/11