Congress's authority to withhold highway funding from states that failed to raise the legal drinking age was upheld under

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The authority of Congress to withhold highway funding from states that did not raise the legal drinking age was upheld under South Dakota v. Dole. The Supreme Court in this case ruled that Congress has the power to attach conditions to federal funding as long as they are related to the federal interest in the spending program and are not unduly coercive. In this case, the Court found that the conditions attached to the highway funds were sufficiently related to the federal interest in highway safety and were not unduly coercive.

Congress's Authority to Withhold Highway Funding from States That Failed