FEDERALISM WHAT IS FEDERALISM A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT

FEDERALISM WHAT IS FEDERALISM?

A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A CONSTITUTION DISTRIBUTES POWER BETWEEN A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND SUBDIVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS

WHY FEDERALISM? 1. CONFEDERATION HAD BEEN TRIED AND FAILED WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE WEAKNESS? caderina AGE 10

2. UNITARY WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION BECAUSE OF ALL THE POWER WAS GIVEN TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT KING GEORGE III

3. FEDERALISM SERVES AS THE MEDIUM (OR COMPROMISE) BETWEEN THE TWO

ELEMENTS OF FEDERALISM 1 FEDERALISM CHECKS THE GROWTH OF TYRRANY sunder ? HOW?

WITH A DIFFUSION OF POWER BY SPREADING POWER THROUGHOUT GOVERNMENT

POSITIVE IF ONE PARTY LOSES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THEY CAN REGROUP MAKE NEW POLICIES AND CHALLENGE AT THE NEXT ELECTION

War in Iraq What are the key g 0 vernmental issues Today? ? ? ? Social security Stem cell research Abortion Same sex marriages

NEGATIVE: IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE MAJORITY PARTY TO CARRY OUT A PROGRAM OF ACTION 2. FEDERALISM ENCOURAGES EXPERIMENTATION

HOW: THROUGH A TRIAL AND ERROR PROCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL 1. IF THEY ADOPT PROGRAMS THAT FAIL THE affects ARE MINIMAL

2. IF THEY ADOPT PROGRAMS THAT SUCCEED THEY CAN BE ADOPTED BY OTHER STATES EXAMPLES:

TOILET AIR HANDLER

Portable musical potty seat

Auto matic fish feeder

High hanger

Bug plucker

2. IF THEY ADOPT PROGRAMS THAT SUCCEED THEY CAN BE ADOPTED BY OTHER STATES EXAMPLES: COLORADO

DENVER

DENVER LEGAL TO HAVE BUT NOT TO SALE

DENVER POST NOV. OF LAST YEAR

WHO IS THIS? “dr death”

HE WORKS IN ?

REASONS FOR WANTING IT?

% WHO ARE SENT TO GET AN EVAL

AVERAGE # OF DAYS UNTIL REQUEST IS GRANTED

TOM D’ANTONI

SUICIDES IN OREGON SINCE 98

DR. KEVORKIAN

DEATH MACHINE Presided over 69 deaths

OREGON STATE WIDE HEALTH CARE PROBLEM WITH THIS? ? ?

OREGON dr’s Dr. Mohammed Behairy Dr. Charles Halfpenny--(An indication of inflation) Dr. Shawn Kidder Dr. Zachary Bloomgarten Dr. Jerome Kornfield Dr. Edwin Yellin--(Yellin' at who? ) Dr. Si Yoo Dr. Samuel Grossberger Dr. Theodore Dippy Dr. Roy Dippy--(Yup, there are two Dr. Dippy's) Dr. Frank Staggers Dr. Bacon Moore Dr. Mehmet A. Okay

OREGON dr’s Dr. Aleksander Livshits Dr. Diana Crook Dr. Harry Bear Dr. Andrea Blackburn-Brown Dr. Joy Steifel--(Funnier when read Steifel, Joy) Dr. James Busyhead Dr. C. Robert Crow Dr. Joseph Hurt Dr. Maurice Beer Dr. Felipe Bozzo

Dr. s quotes "After a year in therapy my psychiatrist said to me, 'Maybe life isn't for everyone'. " L. Brown

HAWAII FIRST STATE TO HAVE SAME SEX MARRIAGES

NEVADA LEGALIZED GAMBLING

NEVADA

NEVADA LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION

GEORGIA FIRST TO ALLOW 18 YEAR OLDS TO VOTE

mississippi ALLOW 14 YEAR OLDS TO get their Drivers license

FEDERALISM KEEPS GOVERNMENT CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE HOW? WITH MORE GOV’T OFFICIALS YOU HELP ENSURE THAT GOV’T IS MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE

POWERS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WHERE CAN YOU FIND THEM? FIRST 3 ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION 1 -EXPRESSED POWERSSPELLED OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION

EXAMPLES: Levy and collect taxes Control Postal System Coin money Regulate interstate commerce Regulate patents and copyrights Declare War

IMPLIED POWERS: NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE CONSTITUTION BUT ARE REASONABLY IMPLIED BY THOSE THAT ARE It is called the “______ and ____ PROPER Clause” NECASSARY

It is also called elastic the “_____Clause”

EXAMPLE: It does not say in the Constitution that the Federal government can Rule on discrimination What kinds of discrimination are there ? ? ? ?

Supreme court case-1971: Katzenbach v. mcclung

Facts of the Case The owner of Ollie's Barbecue, in Birmingham Alabama, refused to serve blacks in apparent violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Part of the Act prevented restaurants serving interstate travelers, or receiving a substantial Amount of their food from interstate commerce, from discriminating on the basis of race.

This is olie mcclung

Question Presented : Does a restaurant's refusal to serve blacks burden interstate commerce to an extent that Congress can legitimately prohibit such discrimination?

Conclusion: You Cannot prevent someone from Eating at your restaurant Because of race

INHERENT POWERS THOSE THAT BELONG TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT EXAMPLES ACQUIRE TERRITORY REGULATE IMMIGRATION

Proposed wall-800 miles Over a billion dollar to build

POWERS DENIED TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 1 -CANNOT LEVY TAXES ON EXPORTS 2 -CANNOT DENY FREEDOMS GUARANTEED BY THE BILL OF RIGHTS 3 -Due process: Life , liberty, and property