Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) 2024Final.pptx
Federalism2015
1. Happy Monday
Enduring Understanding
Federalism is a system of
government that divides
power between two
levels: National & state
Essential Questions
• How does federalism
divide government
power?
• How does the
Constitution describes
the relationship between
the national government
and the states?
• How does the
Constitution promotes
cooperation between
states?
6. National Gov’t
•Implied Powers – national
governments powers that are
NOT in the Constitution.
• They can be connected to something in
the Constitution by the necessary and
proper clause (elastic clause)
10. Conflict between the National &
State Governments
• Slavery and States Rights
• Settled by the Civil War
• Medical/Recreational Marijuana
• The Definition of Marriage
• National Healthcare (“Obamacare”)
VS
12. Guarantees to the States
•The National government
guarantees three things to the
States
•1. Guarantee Representation
•2. Protect the States
•3. Respect the States
13. Supremacy of Laws in the US
•US Constitution
•Act of Congress
•State Constitutions
•State laws
•City and County ordinances
14. Student Learning Objective
• Define: Federalism, Expressed Power, Implied Power, and
Inherited Power
• Understand the workings of federalism as a system of
government.
• Analyze and catalog various national and state laws
15. Happy Monday
Enduring Understanding
Federalism is a system of
government that divides
power between two
levels: National & state
Essential Questions
• How federalism divides
government power
• How the Constitution
describes the
relationship between the
national Government
and the states
• How the Constitution
promotes cooperation
between states
16. Exit Ticket:
• On the scrap piece of paper:
• Name & class period
• Identify two examples of a national, state, and concurrent power.
17. Cooperative Federalism
• Grants in Aid Programs
• $ from the Federal/National Government to the State
for projects
• Comes with “strings attached”
• States must contribute own $
• Follow guidelines
• Set up agencies to account for $ and program
• Block Grants
• $ with fewer restrictions – less strings attached
• State prefer this type of grant
18. Relations Among the States
• Interstate Relations
• Interstate Compacts
• “Full Faith and Credit”
• “Privileges and Immunities”
• Extradition
19. Relations Among the States
•Interstate Compacts –
Agreements between two
or more states
20. Relations Among the States
•Full Faith and Credit –
States must honor the laws
and records of other states
21. Relations Among the States
•Privileges and immunities – No
State can discriminate against a
person who lives in another state.
•There are exceptions
22. Relations Among the States
•Extradition – fugitive running from
police who escapes to another state
must be returned to the state where
the crime was committed.
23. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
• Federalism is the division of power between a national and
state government
• US National Government –
Washington DC – Barak Obama President
• Pa State Government
• Harrisburg PA – Tome Wolfe - Governor
24. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
• National government
• Has delegated (expressed) powers
• Listed in the US Constitution
• Article 1 – Leg Branch
• Article 2 – Executive Branch
• Article 3 – Judicial Branch
25. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
• National Powers
• Sign a military Treaty
• Negotiate Border disputes
• Fix(determine) standards of weights and measures
• Maintain military establishments
• Coin (make) a new fifty cent piece
• Grant a copyright on a new book/movie
• Establish a post office
• Regulate the code of conduct on the public airwaves (tv/radio)
26. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
• States have “reserved powers”
• 10th
Amendment – “any power not given to the US National
government is reserved to the states”
• Education
• License
• Driving
27. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening the
first time
• State Powers
• Pass a bill to allow gambling
• Establish speed limits
• Define high school graduation requirements
• Marriages and divorces
• Sell hunting a fishing licenses
• Requirements for automobile use
• Regulate smoking in restaurants and bars
28. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
•Concurrent of Shared powers
•Powers held by both the
National and State
governments
29. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
• Concurrent or Shared Powers
• Increase sales tax
• Increase income tax
• Grant a charter or license for a new bank to open
• Establish holiday observances
• Make and enforce criminal codes
• Establish courts
30. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
• There are conflicts or disagreements over powers between
the National Government and the State governments
• Most conflicts settled by the Supreme
Court.
• Slavery and states rights settled by the Civil War
31. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
• Interstate Relations
• Interstate Compacts
• “Full Faith and Credit”
• “Privileges and Immunities”
• Extradition
32. Federalism a Review…for those who weren't listening
the first time
•Federalism provides a check
and balance on the powers
held by each government and
protects the liberties and
freedoms of its citizens
