POL SCI 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Supremacy Clause, Collective Action
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Collective action problems with articles of confederation and the institutions that solved them in the constitution. How the federal government got so powerful when madison designed the. Constitution in reaction to the power of george 3rd. James madison the powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain to the state governments are numerous and indefinite. Madison had to show federal power wouldn"t be tyrannical. People wanted the states to have most of the power. When disaster happens the states need a leader. Sometimes take power away from states and give it to the federal. Federalism mixes a confederation (states or lower units have power) and a unitary (national level monopolizes constitutional. Authority is divided between distinct level of government. Different levels of governments are in charge of different things. In the united states the division is mainly between the national (federal) government and the states.
