POL SCI 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bicameralism, Initiative, Human Services
14 Oct 2016
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United states government not just about presidents, congress, but also states. Also for not autonomous powers: city hall. Aka federalism: different elected bodies share duties and powers with overlapping jurisdiction. Local: county, municipal, township and town, school district, special districts, states and cities vital (and complex) to the us gov. Have different powers, but also shared authority. Enumerated powers: list of things federal can do, everything else for states. Also have list of thi(cid:374)gs (cid:271)oth (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t do. Also have a lot of overlap: contrasting to. National gov delegates power to lower: us not this b/c national gov does not hold all power. State gov delegate power to national gov (articles) But major leaders meet with states to talk about different industries/environment. Constitution: result of merging sovereign states (1800s) state gov > federal, even though fed has a lot of powers (1861-1865) civil war: states not doing what federal gov wants; states rights (1950s-1960s) civil rights movement.
