PS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Commercial Motor, New Federalism, Nationalization

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

Document Summary

Prior to the 1930s, dual federalism reigned: state and national government, nulli cation a secession. In response to great depression, cooperative federalism emerges: roosevelt"s new deal, grant-in-aid, categorical grants. 1960s regulated federalism emerges: fed sets substantive national standards and encourages state deference, fed threatens to withal d federal funds, directs unfunded mandates, i. e clean air. Strong federalism also encourages devolution (new federalism: nixon, reagan, bush sr. , and clinton, use block grants and revenue sharing. Until 1986, states administered their own drivers license laws. Truckers obtain several licenses to allow them to drive regardless of tickets. Federal government adopts commercial motor vehicle act: standardizes drivers licenses for interstate truckers, centralizes traf c records. If one state incurs a cost and regulates emissions. : its action may be washed away by the acid rain of another state, clean air act amendments in 1970. Brought states together into a common framework to control environment damage.