PUBH 3135W Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Child Labor Laws In The United States, Sweetened Beverage, Budget Process
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Public policy: affects more than one person. Interpretation law when it is unclear and make sure laws that are passed don"t exceed legal authority. Set boundaries on what can be done based on constitution. Ex: cigarette tax(influences behavior), sugar sweetened beverage tax, alcohol tax, subsidy. Can expand scope by creating incentives(attaching conditions to spending) Public health grant program (title x, community health centers, Ex: gun free school zone act: struck down because it will always be within a state. Minimum wage: supreme court upheld minimum wage. Upheld because has potential to influence market. Key job: legislate (enact necessary and proper laws) Tax, spend, pay debt, provide for general welfare, regulate interstate commerce, declare war. Federal supremacy doctrine: if federal and state government have power to do it, federal government rule will preempt the state if it will an area that the government has power to regulate. Parallel actions by state and federal government.
