federalism Flashcards
rationale of federalism
the fear that the majority would use the power of the government to suppress their adversaries, federal state is believed to sort this
constitution provision of federalism:
- article 1 section 8: commercial clause
- article 1, section 8: elastic clause
- article 4, section 3: admission clause
- article 4, section 4: elastic clause
- article 6: supremacy clause
- 10th amendment: power to the people
federalist n. 39
- us is a demcoratic system - republic based on the equality and power of people
- equality –> no nobile titles + municipal power (sovereignty of states) + union confederation of coequal states
- power of people –> direct/indirect voting
Kettle storm 1
- katrina –> labour day, gold coast 2005
- help slow to come
- bush intervened with the national military
- symbol of national government suppressing local authorities
- failure of federalism due to ambiguity of federalism itself - intergovernmental politics hard because of supremacy clause article 6, but then municipal power expressed by madison + realism (hence not wanting to bedelegate power to federal power)
- government not addressing the issue –> polls after katrina
kettle strom 2
promised aid after 24 hours, gulf of mexico, no help
florida countercoup: single commander for every incident to prevent battles over who is in charge
united with local emergency workers and ended u being under state officials
state officials coordinated the response of the federal system
political federalism today
state over nation - repsect of municipal power and sovereignty
fiscal federalism today
1950s highways, eishenhower provides 90% of it
municipal power
administrative federalism today
a. local governments are administrative agents of national programme –> change in mindset of population –> seeing all the us as a unit
b. environmental national laws –> constrict the state by creating laws that make them be held responsible for issuing the permits and monitoring emission –> respects federalism
