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AMERICAN GOVERNMENTMR. HOOD20 NOVEMBER 2013
4.1 FEDERALISM: THE DIVISION OF POWER
AMERICAN GOVERNMENTMR. HOOD`S NOTES20 NOVEMBER 2013
WHY IT MATTERS
THE FEDERAL SYSTEM DIVIDES GOVERNMENT POWER IN ORDER TO
PREVENT ITS ABUSE. THERE ARE TWO BASIC LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM – NATIONAL AND STATE. THE SUPREME COURT SETTLES DISPUTES BETWEEN THE
TWO.
FRAMERS NEEDED STRONG NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
FRAMERS WANTED TO
PRESERVE STRENGTH OF STATES
FRAMERS REJECTED BRITISH MODEL OF
GOVERNMENT
FRAMERS WERE DEDICATED TO LIMITED
GOVERNMENT
FRAMERS CHOSE FEDERALISM
OBJECTIVE 1DEFINE FEDERALISM AND EXPLAIN WHY FRAMERS CHOSE THIS SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT
THE US HAS NATIONAL LAWS
THE US HAS STATE LAWS
POWER DIVIDED BETWEEN NATIONAL + LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
CONSITUTION DIVIDES POWERS
DUAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
LOCAL ACTIONS OF LOCAL
CONCERN
NATIONAL ACTION IN
MATTERS OF WIDER CONCERN
EACH STATE MIGHT HAVE
DIFFERENT LAWS
BUT ALL STATES COME
TOGETHER DURING TIMES OF CRISIS
OBJECTIVE 2IDENTIFY POWERS
DELEGATED TO AND DENIED TO THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT, AND POWERS RESERVED FOR
AND DENIED TO THE STATES
POWERS OF THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS
POWERS GRANTED BY CONSITITUTION
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DELEGATED
POWERS
1 - EXPRESSED POWERS
(SPELLED OUT)
2 - IMPLIED POWERS (REASONABLY
SUGGESTED)
3 - INHERENT (PRESUMED)
POWERS DENIED TO NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
CERTAIN POWERS ARE DENIED
1 – EXPRESSED POWERS DENIED
(SPELLED OUT)
2 – DENIED BY CONSITUTION(ASSUMED BY
SILENCE)
3 – DENIED BY FEDERAL SYSTEM
ITSELF
POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES
POWERS NOT EXPRESSED IN THE
CONSITITUTION
CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GIVE
POWERS TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
CONSTITUTION DOES NOT DENY
THESE POWERS TO THE STATE
INSTEAD THEY ARE RESERVED
POWERS
STATES CAN DECIDE FOR
THEMSELVES
MOST OF WHAT GOVERNMENT
DOES TODAY…
…IS DECIDED BY THE STATES
POWERS DENIED TO THE STATES
STATES ALSO DENIED
POWERS
DENIED BY CONSTITUTION IN SO
MANY WORDS
TO BE CONTINUED