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Federalism (Types of Government (Confederate (Example (Soviet Union,…

- - - - China
      - North Korea
  - - - Soviet Union
      - Confederate States of America
      - Articles of Confederation
  - - - United States of America
        
        Powers delegated to National Government
        
        Establish foreign policy
        
        Regulate Interstate and Foreign Trade
        
        Create and Maintain armed forces
        
        Make copyright and patent laws
        
        Declare war
        
        Establish postal offices
        
        Coin Money
        
        Powers Reserved to States
        
        Regulate trade within states
        
        Conduct elections
        
        Establish and maintain schools
        
        Provide for Public Safety
        
        Establish Local Governments
        
        Shared Powers
        
        Criminal Justice
        
        Borrow money
        
        Provide for public welfare
        
        Charter banks
        
        Raise taxes
        
        Build Roads
- - - - Main instrument the national government uses to both aid and influence states
      - Categorical Grants: federal grants that can be used for specific purposes; grants with strings attached
        
        Project Grants: based on merit (No Child...)
        
        Formula Grants: amount varies based on formulas (MT gets less $ than NY)
      - Block Grants: federal grants given more or less automatically to support broad programs
      - Problems with the system
        
        States have to spend more money to comply with the central governments wishes
        
        Underfunded mandate: Medicaid
        
        Unfunded mandate: Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
- - - - Commerce Clause
      - Supremacy Clause
      - Supreme court ruled that Federal law regarding medical marijuana use was more powerful than a state statute, since the substance had such a great role in interstate commerce.
    - - Implied and enumerated powers, strengthened national government
    - - Regulation of interstate commerce reserved by the federal government (Commerce Powers)
    - - 10th Amendment Powers
      - Supreme Court ruled that Bond had the right to be tried under State statutes instead of Federal statutes
  - - - Powers that are explicitly stated in the Constitution of America
    - - 1-8 Amendments
        
        Gives protection to people to prevent an oppressing governement
      - 10th Amendment
        
        Gives power back to the states
      - 9th Amendment
        
        Gives power Back to the people
    - - States that the US constitution, treaties, and laws of Congress are supreme
    - - Each state must recognize documents and judgments rendered by other states
    - - Citizens of one state have the same privileges as citizens of another state
    - - States must return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for punishment
- - - - States have different levels of service
        
        Hard to find the right balance of power on certain issues
        
        Gun Control
        
        Legalizing Drugs
        
        Marijuana
        
        Immigration
      - Too many levels of government and too much money
      - Local interest can counteract government interest
    - - Calls for compromise
        
        leads to watered down or weak legislation
        
        Deadlocks could potentially hinder government action
        
        Can encourage governments to pass the buck when something goes wrong
        
        In other government systems there is no question about who is to blame because there is only one unit of government
      - Pluralism is good to hear everyone's voice, but hyper pluralism is unmanageable
    - - Rich get richer, poor get poorer
        
        Those who have a lot of money tend to be able to make more money
        
        Wall Street
        
        poor workers don't have power over their work environment
        
        The rich can exploit these desperate people and get them to work in cheap and squalid conditions
        
        Effectively making the rich richer and the poor poorer
        
        Government doesn't regulate wealth like communism
        
        Therefore some people are just naturally better off than others
  - - - Allows each state to focus more energy and resources on their agenda
      - Overall makes the government more efficient in hearing the voices of it's citizens
    - - The national government can't manage everything, so having local and state governments helps govern the country
    - - Makes people feel close to their communities
        
        Although there is always a level of national pride, local patriotism is usually the first level of loyalty that an individual will experience.
    - - Increases access to government
      - Hard for political parties to dominate all politics
      - Local problems solved locally