POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Commerce Clause, Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
Document Summary
Constitution is vague: necessary and proper clause, commerce clause, 10th amendment. The powers not delegated to the us by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Helps solve collective action: prevent states/units from going to war with each other, protect states/units from outside aggression, set national standards for labor and environmental laws. Mcculloch v maryland (1819: state cannot tax national bank of us. Gibbons v ogden (1824: national government can regulate commerce within states. Slavery was main issue leading to civil war: major elements of southern economies, 3x $ in banks, 7x currency in population, 48x federal government expenditures, slavery less prevalent in northern states. Southern states wanted to withdraw: 10th amendment, nullification. Major expansion of federal government: regulate food safety, medicine, and clothing, breakup of monopolies in oil and utilities, 16th amendment: federal income tax, 17th amendment: direct election of senators.
