In Printz v. United States (1997), the Supreme Court effectively overturned ______, ruling that the federal government cannot issue directives requiring the states to administer or enforce federal regulations.

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Printz v. United States dealt with the issue of unfunded mandates, which are directives from the federal government that impose costs on the states without providing funding to implement them. The Supreme Court ruled that such mandates violated the Tenth Amendment's protection of state sovereignty and the principle of federalism. Therefore, we can conclude that the correct answer is E, unfunded mandates.

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