9/17: Federalism Flashcards
States are more powerful
Confederation
Central gov more powerful
Unitary System
Powers that belong to state and fed
Concurrent
Part of constitution in favor of Fed
Article 6, supremacy clause
Part of constitution outlining congress powers
Article 1.8
Part of constitution saying any non fed powers belong to states
10th Amendment
States must protect the lives and wellbeing of their people
Police powers
Full faith and credit clause (Article 4)
States must acknowledge each other and their policies respectively
Interstate compacts…
require congress approval
Pros of “States Rights” viewpoint
States can better address specific issues, laboratories of democracy
Pros of “Nationalist’ viewpoint
Necessary and proper clause, some issues to big to handle alone, spillover effectrs
National power is needed in the face of…
war, depression, monopolies, etc
De-evolution
Giving states their powers back
Fiscal federalism
financial links between state and national government
Grants-in-aid
Money that goes to states from national government
National policy
money is given to states to carry out federal policy
Categorical grants
Money use is specific
Block grants
More freedom to spend money within an issue
Conditional grants
must follow rules to get the money
mandate
formal order, done exactly as the federal govt. wants it
unfunded mandates
government mandate that the states don’t receive enough money to carry out
Enumerated powers
National powers defined in constitution
Commerce clause
fed. can regulate commerce with foreign nations, several states, and indian tribes (subject of speculation, many court cases and changes)
General revenue sharing
Few/no strings attached
Federalist 39 sentiment
The new constitution is federalist, and that’s a good thing
