POLI 3120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: New York Call, Conditionality
30 Jan 2020
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They have ideologies, which is what we expect. If the court is evenly split, the middle justice (moderate justice) decides. Constitutional division of government functions is such that each level is autonomous in at least one sphere of action. There are some things that the federal government deals with and some things that state governments deal with. State: set speed limits, drinking age, education (but we have a federal. Money - the federal government is able to give funding to states. States have to balance their budget, the federal government does not. When the federal government offers big money, there are strings attached. Each governmental level is final and supreme in its constitutionally assigned area. Both levels derive their powers from the sovereign (people or const) We, through our representatives, have given the government powers to exercise on our behalf. The national government can"t just get rid of the states. The regional divisions exist as of their own right.
