POLI 320 Lecture 2: 0110 note
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Outline: definition, constitution and federalism, historical trend = nationalization, methods of nationalization. 1990 unconstitutional: this legislation established a zone around public schools in which anyone caught having a gun was charged with a federal felony, constitutional: necessary and proper execution to interstate commerce, unconstitutional: second amendment, tenth amendment. Federal reserve (1913) and roosevelt"s new deal (1930s) Critical moments of nationalization: new deal (1930s) 2: started as a federal response to the great depression, resulted in comprehensive set of economic regulation (sec, Fdic, nlrb: resulted in comprehensive welfare programs (social security, great society (1960s, started as war on poverty by lbj, created more welfare programs (medicaid and medicare, created subsidized Methods of nationalization: direct federalization through federal bureaucracy, i. e. federal reserve with 12 district banks, indirect federalization through state governments, federal grants, unfunded mandates. Unfunded mandate and the politics of medicaid: medicaid expansion and the patient protection and affordable care.