GOVT-110 FA4 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Dual Federalism, Cooperative Federalism, Implied Powers
19 Sep 2016
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Roots of the federal system: the national government has both enumerated and implied powers under the. National and state governments share an additional group of concurrent powers. Other powers are reserved to the states or the people, or expressly denied to both governments. The powers of the national government are ultimately declared supreme. Local governments are not expressly mentioned in the constitution but are formed when state governments delegate their sovereign authority. Federalism and the marshall court: the supreme court under the leadership of john marshall played a key role in defining the relationship and powers of the national government through its broad interpretations of supremacy and commerce clauses. Dual federalism: states" rights, the civil war, and reconstruction: dual federalism was characterized by a system of separate but equally powerful state and national governments. This system was exemplified by states" authority to regulate issues such as slavery, evident in the doctrine of nullification and the.
