PS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Commerce Clause

• School: App State
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 1100
• Professor: William Hicks

Document Summary

National supremacy laws: constitution and national laws shall be the supreme law of the land . Commerce clause: congress regulates commerce amount the states. Necessary and proper clause: congress has the authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its power. Full faith and credit clause: states must mutually accept one another publics acts. Privileges and immunities clause: residents in one state cannot be discriminated by another state. Bill of rights: amendments ix and x: rights not enumerated in constitution are reserved to the states or people. Constitution doesn"t mention substantive issues - education, public health, public welfare, and criminal justice: framers assumed they were reserved for the states. Geography/division of labor- we live in a large diverse nation. Prevents tyranny, according to federalists and antifederalists. Allows unity without uniformity- allows for unique political identities. Result of compromise between federalists and antifederalists.