CAS PO 111 Lecture Notes - Commerce Clause, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Sixth Amendment To The United States Constitution
10 Mar 2014
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Two or more states constitute a political unity of one. Historically unified government impossible as states had prior existence. Part of the system of checks and balances. Closer to the people in a very varied country. The use of states" rights to resist anti-lynching laws, civil rights etc. But under the bush admin. liberals passionately defended right of california to set higher than fed. standards on automobile emissions while business argued for fed. control of this policy area. No neat separation between local and national; think of no child left behind dealing with what was once state or even local concern. Many fed. agencies have a very local impact (fema) Very often states act with fed. mandate and (somewhat less often) fed. funding. State dependency inclined with kennedy, declined with reagan and has been on a raising incline since. History of the death penalty: john mccaffery"s execution lead to the slow abolition of capital punishment death penalty repeal act 1853.
