POLS30040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Commerce Clause, Dual Federalism, Tenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
20 Sep 2016
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System where national and state governments share power. This is listed in the 10th amendment. Dual federalism is where the powers are separated between the state and national government. Pressure for them to adopt certain policies. This encourages innovation that states will follow. Attracting businesses by lowering economic and environmental regulations. States can also be seen as labs for democracy . This created ratcheting of regulatory standards through market mechanisms. The argument that the national government is too partisan falters because states are also partisan. Another problem is that national and state government will be acting in the same policy area. Adoption of local laws decreases likelihood of statewide adoption. They found evidence for the snowball effect hypothesis. Elastic and interstate commerce clause is relevant here. Incentives for states to adopt a specific or innovative policy. If you do this, we will give you money . Highway funding given for raising the legal drinking age.
