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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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