4.1 Discussion- National Supremacy and Dual Federalism

Discussion Question:

1. How and why did the Marshall Court establish the National Supremacy of the United States over the governments of the states? 
2. How  did the Supreme Court's interpretation's of the Constitution construct Dual Federalism? Focus on the legal arguments, not the facts of the cases.
3. What specific elements of Supreme Court's rulings in Barron v. Baltimore and Dred Scott v. Sanford created a distinct and separate jurisdiction between the state and national government known as Dual Federalism?

Review the following Instructional Materials and Assigned Videos for support

• 2.5 Federalism- Typology and Functions
• 2.5.1 Visual Federalism-Three Stages of Federalism
• 2.5.3 Federalism- Links to Key Supreme Court Cases

3.3 Assigned Videos-Dual Federalism-Supreme Court Cases

After completing your readings on Federalism, please write a 200 word post  on one or all of the  questions below.  

Next, please comment on at least two others student's posts with comments of at least 100 words each.

Please review How to participate and answer a Discussion Question for specifics on how to post to this discussion to get full credit.