POLI SCI 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Picket Fence, Commerce Clause, Dual Federalism
4 Oct 2016
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National supremacy: constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state or local government, the actions of the federal government prevail. Unfunded mandates: actions imposed by the federal or state government on lower levels of government which are not accompanied by the money needed to fund the action required. Commerce clause of the constitution (relevance for federalism): the clause in the. Constitution (article i, section 8, clause 1) that gives congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations. Coercive federalism: a view that the national government may impose its policy preferences on the states through regulations in the form of mandates and restraints. General revenue sharing: a transfer of tax revenue from one unit of government, such as the federal government, to other units, such as state governments.
