PLS 100 Lecture Notes - Marble Cake, Collective Action, Supremacy Clause
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*federalism: authority divided between two levels of government. *unitary government: national government possesses all constitutional authority. *in the us: divided between national and the states. Conditions of federalism: same people and same territory, independence, mutual influence. *dual federalism: mutually exclusive spheres of sovereignty (layer cake) *provisions regarding federalism: to them or granted to national gov. in constitution. *supreme court often just as aggressive as congress in expanding national authority over states. Supremacy clause: national law takes precedence over state law when conflict arises. Elastic clause: gives congress authority to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out enumerated powers. 10th amendment: reserves to states all powers that were not specifically. Powerful precedents allowed national policy to develop free of state prerogatives: collective action problem solving, opportunistic political considerations. Economic regulations and relief programs intended to fight great. *desire for public goods couldn"t be met by states and communities.