: When the Supreme Court rules on a case, the justices publish a majority opinion, explaining the rationale behind the official decisions. Any justices who did not agree with the majority write a minority, or dissenting opinion, to explain the rationale behind their opinion on the issue. Other cases related to conflicts over federalism, like McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden, have reached the U. S. Supreme Court. Your task is to research one of these cases. Learn all you can about the court case to prepare you to take a stand on whether you agree with the majority or minority opinion of the justices. Use the template below to write your essay. Replace the information with your own… Paragraph 1… Select a Supreme Court case related to federalism from the following: ∙ Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918) – child labor