GOVT 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, United States Constitution, Implied Powers
18 Jun 2018
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U.S. is 1st federalist country in the world: oldest written constitution
•Mexico
•Canada
•Australia
•Switzerland
•Russia
•Brazil
•Argentina
•India
•26 countries in the world today
•40% of people live in federal systems
•federalism: system if government that establishes unity while also preserving diversity
•confederation: form of federalism composed of constituent communities who hold
most of the power and expressly give powers to the federal government
•no implied powers
•national government lacks power to regulate individuals
•right of succession
•sovereignty lies in constituent communities
•Ex: European Union, Articles of Confederation
Factors Distinguishing Federalism
•non-centralized government
•neither constituent government nor federal government can unilaterally alter
distribution of power
•Ex: amending U.S. Constitution requires 3/4 of states approval and 2/3
Congressional approval
•governing is intergovernmental
•dual sovereignty: federal government is sovereign in its powers and states are
sovereign in their powers
•dual citizenship: you are citizen of your states and the U.S
•established by 14th Amendment
•dual constitutionalism: U.S has constitution and each state has a constitution
