POLSCI 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Federalism In The United States, Jim Crow Laws, Supremacy Clause

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 111
• Professor: Arthur Lupia

Document Summary

American federalism, very influential: how to have two sovereigns, people are sovereign over both, civil war settled some tough issues. Settled questions: no secession, national government can regulate economy, national government can intercede if there exists blatant discrimination, national government is a blend of popular and state representation (madison federalist. Depends: details of civil rights protections, privacy protections. Centralization: a solution to free-riding: trade relations with foreign countries, pollution laws, a problem if all states but one have tough pollution laws. Centralization: a solution to coordination problems: train tracks should match up, disease control. Tiebout hypothesis: federalism leads to efficient government, localities compete for citizens, people (cid:373)o(cid:448)e to (cid:862)(cid:271)etter(cid:863) go(cid:448)er(cid:374)ed lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s, people sort into communities they want to live in. Marshall court (early 19th century: expanded national power, established judicial review, mcculloch v. maryland implied powers (necessary and proper clause, gibbons v. ogden national power over interstate commerce (commerce clause)