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FEDERALISM
WHAT IS FEDERALISM?
A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A CONSTITUTION DISTRIBUTES POWERS BETWEEN A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND
SUBDIVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS
WHY FEDERALISM?1.
CONFEDERATION HAD BEEN TRIED AND FAILED
WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE WEAKNESS?
caderina AGE 10
2.UNITARY WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION BECAUSE OF ALL THE POWER WAS GIVEN TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
KING GEORGE III
3.FEDERALISM SERVES AS THE MEDIUM (ORCOMPROMISE)BETWEEN THE TWO
ELEMENTS OF FEDERALISM
FEDERALISM CHECKS THE
GROWTH OF TYRRANY
1
HOW?
sunder ?
WITH A DIFFUSION OF POWER
BY SPREADING POWER THROUGH-OUT GOVERNMENT
POSITIVE
IF ONE PARTY LOSES AT THENATIONAL LEVEL, THEY CAN REGROUP MAKE NEW POLICIES AND CHALLENGE AT THE NEXT ELECTION
War in Iraq
What are the key g0vernmental issues
Today???????
Social security
Stem cell research
Abortion
Same sex marriages
2.
NEGATIVE:
IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FORTHE MAJORITY PARTY TOCARRY OUT A PROGRAM
OF ACTION
FEDERALISMENCOURAGES EXPERIMENTATION
HOW:
THROUGH A TRIAL AND ERROR PROCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL
IF THEY ADOPT PROGRAMS THATFAIL THE affects ARE MINIMAL
1.
IF THEY ADOPT PROGRAMS THATSUCCEED THEY CAN BE ADOPTED BY OTHER STATES
2.
EXAMPLES:
TOILET AIR HANDLER
Portable musical potty seat
Auto matic fish feeder
High hanger hanger
Bug plucker
IF THEY ADOPT PROGRAMS THATSUCCEED THEY CAN BE ADOPTED BY OTHER STATES
2.
EXAMPLES:
COLORADO
DENVER
DENVER
LEGAL TO HAVE BUT
NOT TO SALE
DENVER POST NOV. OF LAST YEAR
WHO IS THIS?
“dr death”
HE WORKS IN ?
REASONS FOR WANTING IT?
% WHO ARE SENT TO GET AN EVAL
AVERAGE # OF DAYS UNTIL REQUEST ISGRANTED
TOM D’ANTONI
SUICIDES IN OREGON SINCE 98
DR. KEVORKIAN
DEATH MACHINE
Presided over
69 deaths
OREGON
STATE WIDE HEALTH CARE
PROBLEM WITHTHIS??????
OREGON dr’sDr. Mohammed Behairy
Dr. Charles Halfpenny--(An indication of inflation) Dr. Shawn Kidder
Dr. Zachary Bloomgarten Dr. Jerome Kornfield
Dr. Edwin Yellin--(Yellin' at who?) Dr. Si Yoo
Dr. Samuel GrossbergerDr. Theodore Dippy
Dr. Roy Dippy--(Yup, there are two Dr. Dippy's) Dr. Frank Staggers Dr. Bacon Moore
Dr. Mehmet A. Okay
OREGON dr’sDr. Aleksander Livshits
Dr. Diana Crook Dr. Harry Bear
Dr. Andrea Blackburn-Brown Dr. Joy Steifel--(Funnier when
read Steifel, Joy) Dr. James Busyhead Dr. C. Robert Crow
Dr. Joseph Hurt Dr. Maurice Beer Dr. Felipe Bozzo
Dr.s quotes
"After a year in therapy my psychiatrist said to me, 'Maybe life isn't for
everyone'." L. Brown
HAWAII
FIRST STATETO HAVE
SAME SEXMARRIAGES
NEVADA
LEGALIZED GAMBLING
NEVADA
NEVADA
LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION
GEORGIAFIRST TO ALLOW
18 YEAR OLDSTO VOTE
mississippiALLOW 14 YEAR
OLDS TO get their
Drivers license
FEDERALISM KEEPS GOVERNMENT CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE
HOW?
WITH MORE GOV’T OFFICIALS YOU HELP ENSURE THAT GOV’T IS MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE
POWERS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
WHERE CAN YOU FIND THEM?
FIRST 3 ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION
1-EXPRESSED POWERS-
SPELLED OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION
EXAMPLES:
Levy and collect taxesControl Postal System Coin money Regulate interstate commerce Regulate patents and copyrights
Declare War
IMPLIED POWERS:
NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE CONSTITUTION BUT ARE REASONABLY IMPLIED BY THOSE THAT ARE
It is called the “____________and ________ Clause”
NECASSARY
PROPER
It is also called the “__________Clause”elastic
EXAMPLE:
It does not say in the Constitution that the
Federal government canRule on discrimination
What kinds of discrimination are there ???????
Supreme court case-1971:
Katzenbachv.
mcclung
Facts of the Case
The owner of Ollie's Barbecue, in Birmingham Alabama, refused to serve blacks in apparent violation of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. Part of the Act prevented restaurants serving
interstate travelers, or receiving a substantial Amount of their food from
interstate commerce, from discriminating on the basis of race.
This is olie mcclung
Question Presented :
Does a restaurant's refusal to serve blacks burden interstate
commerce to an extent that Congress can legitimately
prohibit such discrimination?
Conclusion:
You Cannot prevent someone from Eating at
your restaurant Because of race
INHERENT POWERS
THOSE THAT BELONG TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
EXAMPLES
REGULATE IMMIGRATION
ACQUIRE TERRITORY
Proposed wall-800 milesOver a billion dollar to build
POWERS DENIED TO THENATIONAL GOVERNMENT
1-CANNOT LEVY TAXES ON EXPORTS
2-CANNOT DENY FREEDOMS
GUARANTEED BY THE BILLOF RIGHTS
3-Due process:Life , liberty, and property
