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Federalism

Federalism. Chapter 4. Powers Divided. Federalism in Action. Case Study: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 New York Times article Spike Lee ’ s “ When the Levees Broke ” PBS Clip - Katrina 5 Years Later . Sec. 1 - Federalism. Why federalism?. Founding Fathers knew

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Federalism

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  1. Federalism • Chapter 4 Powers Divided...

  2. Federalism in Action • Case Study: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 • New York Times article • Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke” • PBS Clip - Katrina 5 Years Later

  3. Sec. 1 - Federalism

  4. Why federalism? • Founding Fathers knew • Govern power is threat to individual liberty! • Government power need to be restrained! • To divide power in government, Federalism, is to prevent abuse!

  5. Delegated Powers Think of them as powers given to the national government if those powers affect more then one state…

  6. Reserved powers- Held by the States Alone Idea is that the states are more “in tune” with the unique needs of the people of their state.

  7. Concurrent Powers

  8. Federalism

  9. List of powers!

  10. Three types of delegated powers! • Delegated Powers - granted to Fed Gov’t by Constitution • Expressed Powers - “enumerated” - specifically spelled out - includes exclusive powers • Implied Powers - not expressly stated, but reasonably suggested - elastic clause • Inherent Powers - through time have come to possess, all sovereign gov’t have these

  11. Supremacy Clause Federal gov’t is the “supreme law of the land”

  12. Chapter 4 Section 2 • Federal gov’t has three main responsibilities to the states: • make sure that states have ‘republican’ (representative) governments • protect the states from invasions • respect the states’ territories

  13. How were new states admitted?

  14. Admitting New States • process originated in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Begin as a territory of the US • Territory asks Congress for admission • Territory submits proposed state constitution- enabling act! • If accepted by Cong, now called an act of admission, • Pres. Signs act and a new state enters the Union.

  15. Chapter 3 Section 3 Federal Grants- Federal money given to the states….

  16. Cooperative Federalism & Grants-in-aid When federal government & state governments work cooperatively together… The best examples of this is the “Grants & Aids” system.

  17. THREE TYPES OF FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATES • Categorical Grants - used for very specific programs; often come as matching funds- state must match the funds the fed. Government provides. • School lunches, airports…. • Block Grants - less restrictive; a category of $ • Project Grants- science grants, medical issues..

  18. Sec. 3 - Interstate Relations • Relations among the states - encouraged by Const. • Interstate Compacts - agreements made between states; typically over environmental & shared issues • Full Faith & Credit Clause - must respect official documents, laws, court orders, & records of other states- birth certificate & other things valid in all states. • If person loses lawsuit in Pennsylvania & has to pay $50,000- cannot flee to NJ to get out of paying!

  19. Interstate Relations- One example – Interstate Compacts Interstate Compacts - agreements made between states; typically over environmental & shared issues, highways that cross into different states

  20. will be returnedPrevent a person from escaping justice by fleeing a State. Extradition - accused criminal will be returned-prevent a person from escaping justice by fleeing a state.

  21. Interstate Relations Privileges & Immunities - citizens of a state enjoy all the rights of citizens of all other states (14th Amend)

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