POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Supremacy Clause, New Federalism
28 Mar 2018
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A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments. The us constitution divides power between the federal government and the state governments. Lower levels of government have little power. Lower levels of government implement decisions made by the central government. Grants two types of powers to the u. s. congress. Article vi further specifies that the law of congress shall be the supreme law of the land . Reserved powers - any power that the federal government isn"t specifically given. Concurrent power - shared between federal and state. Full faith and credit clause - article iv, section 1. Requires that states give full faith and credit to each other"s public acts, records, and judicial proceedings. Exception: if a practice in one state is against the strong public policy of another state. Local governments are subject to control by the states. But most states give their larger cities home rule .
