POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Georges Bank, Socalled, Implied Powers
31 May 2016
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Gave concessions to small states which worried they would suffer limited representation with the original virginia plan. Constitution ratification changed to supermajority from unanimity. James madison assisted with writing the bill of rights, wrote 17 potential amendments. Federalism has shaped american politics from the start. Federal government has done more since the 1930s than it did during the traditional system from 1789 to 1920s. Relationship shift between national and state government due to the great depression. States continue to exert great power over our everyday lives. New federalism of recent years had turned more power back to the states. Federalism is a hybrid arrangement that mixes elements of a confederation (lower level has real power) and a unitary (national level monopolizes constitutional authority) government. In a unitary system, typically the central government establishes national policies and raises and distributes funds to the local units to carry them out.
