Slides

1. POL 240-01
Fall 2015

3. “This isYour Federalism on Drugs”
“Sanctuary Cities: How Kathryn Steinle’s Death
Intensified the Immigration Debate”

6. Congress:
Legislate
President:
Execute
Judiciary:
Interpret

12.  Power rests with national government
 National government delegates authority to
subnational (state / local) governments
 Case Examples:

14.  Subnational governments hold power
 State/local governments delegate authority
to central government

15.  No power to draft
soldiers or pay for military
 No power to regulate
commerce
 No power to tax

18.  ProtectsAgainstTyranny
 Dispersion and Diffusion of Power
 Increases Participation
 Improves Efficiency
 Ensures Policy Responsiveness / Innovation
 Reduces Conflict

19.  Creates Complexity and Confusion;
ReducesAccountability
 Increases Conflict
 Creates Inequality

21.  Grants specific powers
to national government
 Limits on powers
granted to federal
government and states
 Lays out relationships
among states and
between states and
federal government

24. What is the supremacy clause?

26.  Article I, Section 8
 Exclusive Powers
 Examples:
 Coin money
 Regulate interstate and
foreign commerce
 Tax imports and exports
 Make treaties
 Declare war

28.  Known as “elastic clause”
 Grants Congress power to pass laws “which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into execution the Foregoing powers”

30.  Tenth Amendment
 What is the “police power?”
 Guarantee Clause (Article IV, Section 4)
 “The United States shall guarantee to every state in
this union a republican form of government…”
 Federalist 39 (Madison)

32.  Taxing
 Borrowing and
Spending Money
 Establishing Court
Systems
 Regulating Elections

35.  States cannot enter treaties or alliances
 14th and 15th Amendments to Constitution
 14: Due Pr0cess, Equal Protection Clauses
 15:Voting Rights

37. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
NATION AND STATES
 Supremacy Clause
 ArticleVI, Clause 2
 “This Constitution, and the
Laws of the United States…
shall be the supreme law
of the land…”
 Sovereign Immunity
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN STATES
 Full Faith and Credit Clause
 Privileges & Immunities Clause
 “The Congress shall have power to
make all laws which shall be
necessary and proper to secure to the
citizens of each state all privileges
and immunities of citizens in the
several states...”

39. (1789-1933)

40.  “Layer-Cake”
 National and state
governments have
separate influence
 Hamilton vs. Calhoun

42. (1933-1964)

43.  “Marble-Cake”
 National and state
government work
together for Americans

44. The shift from dual to cooperative federalism occurred
due to federal govt. expanding its rule over time.

45. (1964-1980)

46.  National government is
responsible for policy
 What is the role of state
and local governments?
“Picket-Fence” Federalism

47. Signing the Civil Rights Act
Categorical grants helped fund
LBJ’s “War on Poverty”

49. (1980-2002)

50.  Increase in devolution to subnational units
 Began during Nixon
 General Revenue Sharing
 Reagan and Block Grants
 Money for broad purposes
 Reduced size and power of federal govt.

51. (2002-Present)

52.  Choosing national or subnational supremacy
President
Barack Obama
Governor
Mark Sanford