POLT 402 Chapter 3: PG Chapter 3 Federalism
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National government expressed powers: article iii, section 8. Allow congress to make all laws which shall be necessary proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers: supremacy clause. National government = supreme law of the land. Separation of powers: limit the power of the national government by dividing government again itself into 3 branches - legislative, executive, judicial. Grants-in-aid: offering states funding in return for their support. Decision rule/general principle governing decisions, powers of the doesn"t delegate to the national government or deny the states. Constitution are reserved for the: power of coercion states or the people. Power to develop & enforce criminal codes, administer health & safety rules, & regulate the family via marriage & divorce laws. ~police powers: regulate citizens livelihoods (doctors/lawyers must be licensed, power to define private property, eminent domain. State can seize any land for anything for public purpose, must.
