POSC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Commerce Clause, Supremacy Clause
14 Feb 2017
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Key ideas: how federalism operates in the u. s. The constitution, law, and treaties shall be the supreme law of the land. The constitution, bill of rights, amendment 10: reserves all powers not expressly granted to the national government to the states. Determine who can vote (with some limits) States may not: launch own navy, coin money, conclude treaties. Must give full faith and credit to each other"s official action. Give other states" citizens appropriate privileges and immunities. National government strengthened + active, lines of authority blurred. Different values different policies (can move) States are laboratories for innovation policy diffusion. Multiple avenues to which citizens can appeal. No national standards can lead to unevenly effective policies or inequalities of experience. State and local governments seem distant: low visibility + little popular control. Spillover effects, competition ( race to the bottom )
