POS 1041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Supremacy Clause, Central Authority, Living Constitution

• School: SCFMS, SCF
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POS 1041
• Professor: Daniel Fuerstman

Document Summary

Articles of confederation - the first attempt at a national govt. in america. Created the smallest possible level of national government bc they didn"t want george. Senate based on equal representatives from a state. No federal foreign policy, each state had their own foreign policy. Was not strong enough to do anything. Americans were afraid of a new king george. Compromises: there are many compromises in the constitution. The great compromise created the senate and the house for both representation via population and for equal voting per state (connecticut) The virginia plan was based on population, new jersey plan for equal. The house is voted in by the people, the senate was elected by legislatures, but is now by people. National vs state power was determined by the supremacy clause. Compromise: slaves were counted for the purpose of representation + taxes. Ratification - the federalists and anti-federalists fought >:( angery.