Tracing the Katrina Disaster

2. Tracing the Katrina Disaster “Local, state and federal emergency agencies had been planning for years how to respond before and after this kind of emergency. They even had practice drills where every kind of relief issue was reviewed -- food, water, security and health -- and who was responsible for delivering those services was specifically laid out in numerous plans. But many of those plans fell apart in Katrina's aftermath. Despite warnings of a worst-case scenario, bureaucratic wrangles prevented soldiers from getting to the scene, the plan for emergency communications left police in the dark and helpless, and truckloads of emergency supplies ended up hundreds of miles away. Four days after Katrina hit, it was still unclear who was in charge of the relief effort” In a special report on All Things Considered, NPR's Laura Sullivan and Daniel Zwerdling examine how the disaster called Hurricane Katrina unfolded. MORE: Katrina: What Went Wrong? 4:58 p.m. EDT | Sept. 9, 2005 |

3. Federalism

4. Central Govt States States Citizens Citizens What is it?

5. Why Important? Decentralizes Politics Decentralizes Our Policies

6. I’ll give $20 to the first person to find the word federalism in the Constitution It Is absent but State and National Power clearly defined in Article 1, Section 9 and 10

7. State or National Power? • NATIONAL • NATIONAL • BOTH • NATIONAL • STATE • STATE • STATE • BOTH Declare War Coin Money Tax Regulate commerce w/ foreign nations and among states Conduct elections Ratify amendments Regulate Commerce w/in a state Take private property for public purposes, w/ just compensation

8. V. Who wins?????

9. Advocates of a strong national govt say….. Supremacy Clause! but…..This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

10. 10th Amendment Advocates of state’s rights believe this means the national govt has only those powers specifically assigned by the constitution

11. Establishing National Supremacy 1) Implied Powers: McCulloch v. Maryland Elastic Clause

12. Establishing National Supremacy 2) Commerce Power: Gibbons v. Ogden over time though…. U.S. v. Lopez Printz v United States Morrison v. United States

13. Establishing National Supremacy 3) Civil War: -Struggle over not just slavery but between states and national govt

14. Establishing National Supremacy 4) Struggle for Racial Equality -Brown v. Board of Education creates resistance ….leads to federal involvement (Civil Rights Act; Sending in the army)

15. What would FL do???? • Yes, Full Faith and Credit Clause • No, Full Faith and Credit Clause Jack and Jill got married in Maine and moved to NY for the weather. Are they still married? Susie gets her driving license in Texas. Can she get pulled over in NY for not having a NY license?

16. What would FL do???? • Return him to Indiana….. •      Extradition John Dillinger is fleeing Indiana after robbing banks and has made it down South to NY. The officials know where he his.

17. What would to do???? • Yes, Privileges and Immunities Sam is visiting Morgantown from New York and has to pay 7% sales tax (he’s not to happy since New York does not have this….). Does he have to pay?

18. Article IV…. Federalism ALSO involves relationships among states

19. Dual v Cooperative

20. Dual v Cooperative • Cooperative: • Share responsibilities for public policy • Marble Cake Analogy • Mingled resp. and blurred distinctions • Historically starts w/ New Deal, Great Society • Involve shared costs, federal guidelines, shared administration Dual: Pre national govt dominance Each remain supreme w/in their own spheres Layer Cake Analogy Powers of National Govt interpreted narrowly