POL203Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Bicameralism, William Jennings Bryan, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
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Federalism: competitive vs. co-operative federalism; dual federalism/layer cake federalism vs. marble cake federalism; commerce clause/dormant commerce clause/ federal exclusivity; supremacy clause; direct limits on the states in the. Co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374); (cid:862)poli(cid:272)e po(cid:449)ers(cid:863) of the states; spe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d ta(cid:454)i(cid:374)g po(cid:449)ers of the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)al go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t; (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e to the (cid:271)otto(cid:373),(cid:863); (cid:272)ooperati(cid:448)e federalism and the absence of a national insurance market; fiscal federalism/federal grants; Cases related to federalism: united states vs. e. c. Dagenhart (1918), wickard v. fillburn (1942), u. s. v. lopez (1992), nfib v. Unusual and noteworthy, peculiarly based exemplar of cultural and political righteousness, or whether adherents of the doctrine of us exceptionalism are deluding themselves. Whether the us is distinct from other similarly situated nations in ways that are unusual or unexpected. Signs of american exceptionalism: limited state, religion, no rigid class distinctions, racial hierarchy, econ inequality, crime, violence, ad incarceration. Interest: geography, tech, history: ways in which americans pursue their interests as a society has been determined by geography.
