Lecture 4 Outline
American Politics
FEDERALISM

Terms

  • Federalism
  • Devolution
  • Intergovernmental Relations
  • Sovereignty
    • Sincerity Problem 
    Three systems of government
    Historical development of federalism
    I.Dual Federalism (1789-1930's): "Traditional System"
    State governments
    National government
    Building National Power: John Marshall
    Enumerated powers: Article I, Section 8
    Implied powers: Also Article I, Section 8
    National supremacy
    McCulloch v. Maryland
    Interstate Commerce
    Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
    Bounding National Power
    Civil war as a crisis in federalism:
    II.COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM:1933–current
    National role in social welfare policy
    National role in economic policy
    Mechanisms of federal assistance
    "Picket fence federalism”
    III.REGULATED FEDERALISM (mid 1960s -- current)-- MANDATES
    Grants-in-aid(With conditions, i.e., “strings”)

    Legislative regulations

    Preemptions
    Court decrees
     
    IV. NEW FEDERALISM?