Federalism: States and Nation

1
Federalism States and Nation

• Chapter 3

2
Federalism

• How many govts are there is the U.S.?
• - federal, state, local govts
• Federalism- a system under which govt powers are
  divided between the central govt and smaller
  units, such as states.
• 3 systems of govt (pg 48)

3
Why federalism in U.S.?

• Retained state rights strong govt
• Works in larger countries

4
Powers of Federal Govt

• Constitution specifically lists what the national
  govt can do
• Enumerated powers- powers specifically granted to
  natl govt by constitution
• - article 1 sec 8 of constitution
• - necessary proper clause
• - congress can do whatever is necessary to
  carry out its powers

5
Powers of States Govts

• Reservation clause- 10th amendment of
  Constitution (p 383)
• - control own boundaries
• Formal amendments
• Selection of natl govt officials
• - senators representatives/ president

6
Relations among the states

• Full Faith and Credit (article IV)
• - contracts/ decisions of courts honored
• Privileges and Immunities
• - citizen of a state has the same rights as the
  citizens of another state in which he or she
  happens to be

7
Concurrent powers

• Shared powers between Natl govt States
• States are prohibited from certain actions
• states are limited to their geographic area

8
Federalism in the Constitution

• Supremacy clause- In Article VI of the Const.,
  the constitution itself and the laws and
  treatises of the U.S. are the supreme law of the
  land, taking precedence over state laws and
  constitutions.

9
(No Transcript)
10
Cooperative Federalism

• States natl govt work together to solve
  problems
• Categorical (most) Block Grants
• - 100 billion in 1985 / 225 billion in 2005
• Federal Mandates (require action)
• - underfunded mandates (NCLB)

11
(No Transcript)
12
Discussion

• How much money is Congress limited to when
  borrowing?
• How does Congress determine where it has the
  power to build roads?
• Who has the power to call the national guard into
  service?
• Who has the power of the purse?

13
At Issue

• Native Americans affairs (pg 54)