Unique ruling authority

Printz v. United States

521 U.S. 898 · U.S. Supreme Court

Stable case ID: case:printz-1997
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision date: 1997
Authority level: U.S. Supreme Court
Precedential status: precedential
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Holding and boundaries

The Federal Government may not commandeer state executive officers to administer a federal regulatory program.

Scope and limitations: Does not bar preemption, conditional spending, federal regulation of private parties or voluntary cooperation.

Open authoritative source

0 issue placements

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.