POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sixteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Conditionality, Layer Cake
28 Nov 2017
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!1: state constitutions follow the same pattern which allows for local governments, all governments provide their power from the consent of the governed. Legalization of marijuana by state: states have legalized weed even though illegal, selective. C. federal government can choose to not do anything about it: doesn"t always have to come down on states, their discretion. Structure of american federalism: delegated powers, article 1 section 8 clauses 1-18 = delegated powers a) tax, speci cally mentioned in the constitution as powers belonging to the. !2 (3) treaties of the us as long as they don"t violate laws of congress and constitution. In 1913 the states voted to have more tax: this fundamentally changed the relationship between the national government and the states, now $ is the cornerstone, federal grants-in-aid. Education sucks: most come in form of health care. More than half of health and human services care comes from national government.
