F2: Federal Powers

1. Increasing Federal power over States
1. The ADA act prohibits discrimination against anyone with disabilities. The act states that all persons with disabilities should have equal opportunities as those without any disability. This act has more federal power than anything, with the federal government setting regulations for public places and television to make sure it is accessible to those with disabilities. 
2. Preemption is the "invalidation of a US state law to a Federal government law". This comes in to play when there is a conflict between a state and federal law. In the constitution, in the supremacy clause, it states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land, meaning that over all other laws, the constitutional laws make the final decision.
2. Decreasing Federal power over States
1. US v. Lopez determined what congress could and could not do under the interstate commerce clause. Congress could only regulate commerce that would affect the national economy in a negative way, not a small independent deal that would not ruin anything on a big scale. 
2. Devolution is the principle that some laws remain in the control of the state government. For example, in the Welfare Reform act of 1996, the states were given the ability to determine who can receive Welfare and what provisions they get. 

E9: Review!

• What is the type of Journalism that uses gossip and unreliable sources to create a story (that may eventually become true)
• Answer: Yellow Journalism
• Name an type of media that has almost dissipated from daily use.
• Answer: Newspaper