POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Violence Against Women Act, Commerce Clause, Immigration Policy
25 Jun 2018
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Lecture 05 - Federalism
Federalism!
-National vs State/Regional Power:!
•Example Systems:!
-Confederation:!
•All states are sovereign!
-Federal System:!
•Constitution divides power between central govt. and lower level governments!
-Unitary System:!
•Power consolidated in central govt!
-Dual Federalism:
-Powers split between national and state govt.!
-*10th amendment = anything not explicitly delegated to the states or prohibited
to them is they're choice (implied powers)!
•National Government Powers!
-Expressed Powers!
•Collect taxes, coin money, declare war!
-Implied powers!
-Supreme Law!
•Anything passed at the national level (that is within their expressed powers)
will trump state rulings!
•State Government Powers!
-Reserved powers !
•Police powers (regulation of its citizens health, safety, and morals of its
citizens)!
-*10th amendment !
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