GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Implied Powers, Marble Cake, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
12 Jun 2016
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The development of relationships between national and state governments and its. States differ by: marijuana legalization, texting and driving, marriage (in the past) Defense of marriage act (doma, 1996) gave states the right to deny gay marriage per state: obergefell v hodges (2015) made marriage a federal right regardless of state, exemplifies the push/pull of national and state governments. The dynamic interplay of the interpretation of governments to push different agendas. Federalism: division of powers and functions between states and national governments. Seeks to limit government by dividing it into two levels (national and state), each with independent sovereignty to compete with the other restraining the power of both: federalism limited government, decentralized because states got some power. National government: expressed/enumerated powers (article i, section 8, implied powers (necessary & proper clause, supremacy cause (article 6 arizona v. us: federal government controls immigration) State governments: reserved powers (10th amendment, reciprocal obligations of states aka states have to respect each other.
