POL S 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Montesquieu, Federalist No. 39, 6 Years
20 Oct 2016
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National form of government is a consolidation of states (67) Federal form of government is a confederacy of sovereign states (67) Central argument: by the design of the constitution the government is a balance between national and federal power, breaks down types of jobs and classi es them. Rati cation of the constitution is considered a federal act (68) because it gives the sovereign states the power and they needed a majority of 9 out of 13 to ratify. Operation of government is national (69) because the national government creates a set of laws that apply to everyone equally. Extent of government makes it more federal (i. e. powers are limited to enumerated ones) (69) Conclusion (70): constitution proposes a balance of national and federal powers. We can"t decide on how many communities to be (90-91) Paradox: we are independent people but we get together to solve problems, individualistic and communitarian.
