PS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cooperative Federalism, Dual Federalism, Layer Cake
26 Jul 2018
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They needed their national government because their state governments were rapidly running out of money: types of grants given during this period: categorized grants (the government said, Here, take a chunk of money and do what you want with it) which gave the states more power. * federalism changes depending on who"s in office, so the grants given out change too. The national government has expressed powers that are written in the constitution. Implied powers are not exactly expressed in writing, but can be concluded from what is in writing. The state governments have reserved powers - powers set aside just for them to deal with. Most states have given big cities charters, which lets them govern themselves. Facts: barron worked in the harbor on this nice wharf. The state of maryland made some roads near his work and pushed all the sand into the wharf, destroying it.
