4. Reserved Powers
The Constitution (10th Amendment)
grants to the states all those powers
“not delegated to the United States by
the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
the states.”
This is a “check” on
the “elastic clause.”
5. Expressed Powers =
Enumerated Powers
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Most are in Article I, Section 8 of
the Constitution, numbered 1-18
6. Supremacy Clause
“The Constitution … shall be the
Supreme Law of the Land”
Article VI, Section 2
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8. 1) Full faith and credit – each state must
recognize the laws and legal
proceedings of another state.
2) Privileges and immunities – one state
may not discriminate unreasonably
against citizens of another state.
3) Extradition – fugitives must be returned
to the state they have fled from.
4) Interstate compacts – states may enter
into agreements with one another.
5) Lawsuits – states may sue one another.
Editor's Notes
He elastic clause gives the federal government more power; the Reserved Powers amendment takes it away.
What does that mean? Supreme to what? (state laws, laws passed by Congress)
Read examples from book:
Full faith & credit – p. 103, last paragraph, continuing to p. 104.
Privileges & Immunites – p. 104, second column, second paragraph.
Interstate compacts – there are almost 200 today – not many. Read last paragraph of “Interstate compacts” on p. 105.
Lawsuits between states – there have been over 220 – not many. Read last paragraph on p. 105
