GOVT 2306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Commerce Clause, Tenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Supremacy Clause
23 Feb 2016
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Enhanced gubernatorial authority by creating cabinet government, appointment of officials by governor. Term limits for legislature/increasing the term of office (from 2 and 4. Want to be concerned between the relationship between states . Based upon the notion of theory of concurrent majorities - there are national majorities, and there majorities at the state level (sometimes overlap or conflict) They said that states had the power to nullify the law and veto legislature that they found were detrimental to their interests. They did not like the tariff, and calhoun said that the south be allowed to nullify because tariffs were hurting the south"s trade. Can"t talk about changes without the involvements of the courts. Pre-calhoun time (early 1800"s), under the leadership of the chief justice of the supreme court, john marshall. Marshall believed in the supremacy of the national government, liberal party, federalist. He is able to affect constitutional change and vastly strengthened the power of the national government through:
