POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cooperative Federalism, Louis Brandeis, William Riker
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Ways and means chair kevin brady (emphasis added): Washington: that is a pretty good day"s work. Key component of climate change plan now subject to epa review and perhaps reversal. But: california (and 12 states) can demand a waiver under clean. If successful in court would likely nullify impact of trump rule. Federalism matters (and so does the policy status quo) William riker: a system where the activities of government are divided between regional governments and a central government in such a way that each kind of government has some activities on which it makes final decisions. Small states gain protection in the senate. 10th amendment: all powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Competitive vs. cooperative federalism: u. s. closer to the first than the second.
