Why Is Barron V.Baltimore Important

question 39

Multiple Choice

Why is Barron v.Baltimore important?

• A) It sided with the national government over state government, giving added power to the supremacy clause.
• B) It ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in any state.
• C) It helped begin the rights revolution.
• D) It helped establish dual federalism as a guiding judicial principle to settle questions concerning state and national power.
• E) The majority ruling famously stated that the Tenth Amendment "does not alter the distribution of power between the national and state governments."

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A British statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782, notably during a significant portion of the American Revolutionary War.

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