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|date=1987
|date=1987
|subject=Constitutional Law
|subject=Constitutional Law
|appealed_from=
|case_treatment=No
|overturned=
|partially_overturned=
|reaffirmed=
|questioned=
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|facts=Congress decided to withhold federal funds from states where they allowed people less than 21 to consume alcohol.
|facts=Congress decided to withhold federal funds from states where they allowed people less than 21 to consume alcohol.
|procedural_history=
|issues=Whether Congress can place conditions on monies to be received by states when the issue is a state issue.
|issues=Whether Congress can place conditions on monies to be received by states when the issue is a state issue.
|arguments=Congress can't impose a national drinking age of 21.
|arguments=
|holding=Congress hasn't violated the spending provision of the "[[Constitution_of_the_United_States#Taxing_and_Spending_Clause|tax and power clause]]".
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|rule=If Congress desires to condition the States’ receipt of federal funds, it must do so unambiguously enabling the states to exercise their choice knowingly, cognizant of their participation.
|rule=If Congress desires to condition the States’ receipt of federal funds, it must do so unambiguously enabling the states to exercise their choice knowingly, cognizant of their participation.


They may be illegitimate if they are unrelated to the federal interest in particular national projects or programs.
They may be illegitimate if they are unrelated to the federal interest in particular national projects or programs.
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