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Federalism
I. Defining Federalism
A. What is Federalism?
1. Definition: A way of organizing a nation so that two or
more levels of government have formal authority over the land
and people.
C. Intergovernmental Relations-
1. Definition: The workings of the federal system- the entire
set of interactions among national, state and local
governments.
b) Laws of Congress
c) Treaties
2. State Constitutions
a) State Laws
B. Establishing National Supremacy
1. Implied Powers – “necessary and proper” clause [Elastic
Clause I-9]
2. Extradition
B. Cooperative Federalism
1. Definition: A system of government in which powers and
policy assignments are shared between states and the national
government.
2. Shared costs
3. Shared administration
C. Fiscal Federalism
1. Definition: The pattern of spending, taxing, and
providing grants in the federal system; it is the cornerstone of
the national government’s relations with state and local
governments.
V. Future of Federalism
A. “Contract With America” – Newt Gingrich
1. Decrease size of government
B. Devolution
1. Definition: putting power and accountability back in the
states