POS 1041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Supremacy Clause, Cooperative Federalism, Franklin D. Roosevelt
1 Mar 2020
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Federalism - the division of power across multiple levels of government. In america, it is a national, state, and local govt. Most governments have a unitary system, with one level of govt. They still have provincial govt, but national has more power. Federalism in america - used to be 13 colonies, tried to form a union. Didn"t come from a point of one authority, came from 13 authorities. Constitution - is really vague when it comes to powers of state govt vs national govt. In favor of national: we the people , supremacy clause (national over state if there are disputes), necessary & proper clause (more powerful over time) In favor of state: 10th and 11th amendments (says that anything is not specifically granted to national govt/not prohibited to states are powers reserved to the states) State + local govts have the responsibility to conduct elections + promote safety. Different levels have concurrent powers, meaning they share responsibilities.
