PSCI 3322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Fair Labor Standards Act, School Zone, Commerce Clause

• School: UT-Dallas
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI 3322
• Professor: Champagne Anthony

Document Summary

Facts: samta claimed it was exempt form the minimum-wage and overtime requirements of the fair labor standards act. Samta argued it was providing a traditional governmental function which exempted it from federal records according to the doctrine of federalism established in national league of cities v. usery. Garcia, employee of samta, brought suit for overtime pay under fair labor. Question of law: did principles of federalism make the san antonio metropolitan. Transit authority immune from the fair labor standards act. Response: guiding principles of federalism established in national league of cities: usery were unworkable and that samta was subject to congressional legislation under the commerce clause. Rules based on the subjective determination of integral or traditional governmental functions provided little or no guidance in determining the boundaries of federal and state power. Structure of federal system protected state sovereignty rather than any discrete limitations on federal authority. Facts: lopez carried a concealed weapon into his high school.