In what has become among the most significant federalism cases of the supreme court, the Act was held to be within the power of the federal government.
This was the first of four arguments in important federalism cases that the Court had agreed to hear in the coming months.
The Court had already scheduled arguments in three other federalism cases in its new term, which officially begins on Monday.
In several other federalism cases, however, Black ruled against the federal government.
There were no federalism cases, for example.
The court's two federalism cases are both likely to generate interest and attention.
This week's federalism cases involved issues like whether states had to obey Federal wage and hour laws.
The Court's recent federalism cases fall into three categories.
There are federalism cases, but the debate over limits on Congressional authority by now has a familiar ring.
More than a dozen federalism cases have been filed at the Court in recent months, with others moving quickly through the legal pipeline.