POLS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Marble Cake, Cooperative Federalism, Federalism In The United States
17 Oct 2016
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Jan brewer of arizona, requires foreigners who are not citizens of the us (aliens) to register with the gov. and carry their registration papers, and criminalizing failure to carry these papers. National gov. sued arizona and won, under federalism grounds that the matter of immigration is a federal matter, not a state. Two powers of federalism: sovereignty and power of national courts to assure supremacy of the us constitution and national laws. Sovereignty: the quality of being supreme in power or authority. Federalism: the division of power between a central gov. and regional governments. States rights: idea that all rights not specifically conferred by the. Us constitution are reserved for the states: functions and responsibilities of national and state gov. are separate from each other, metaphor for dual federalism: layer cake federalism (clearly separated powers) Difference of these metaphors is how they interpret two sections of the. Constitution, article 1 section 8, and the 10th amendment.
