POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Political Philosophy, Limited Government, Implied Powers
28 Sep 2016
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Sometimes there are policies and problems that require state governments to interact with each other = horizontal federalism: full faith and credit (article iv, section 1, privileges and immunities (article iv, section 2) Each state must give every other states citizens the same privileges as own citizens. Laws in texas apply to those even just visiting. This protects you as you travel between states. Violation of this policy: out of state tuition is more expensive than in-state: extradition (article iv, section 2) One state asks another state to return someone fleeing justice. Going to have continuity from constitution before, but also depart from precedent keep the good, get rid of bad. Over 400 amendments since 2015: 491. Each constitution is being written to adapt to what"s going on in the state/country at the time: us constitution doesn"t have to formally change when wanting to alter because of. Implied powers : great fault is its detailed length.
