Transcript federal system

Do Now
1.) What is a federal
system?
2.) How does this picture
of a cake illustrate a
federal system?
Federalism
• The United States
has a federal system
where power is
divided and shared
between the
national and state
governments.
The idea of a federal system is outlined in the 10th amendment:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people”
The states cannot make laws that conflict with the Constitution
or laws made by Congress:
The Supremacy Clause located in Article IV (4) of the
Constitution:
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United
States…shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”
Powers divided into 3
Categories
• Expressed powers (enumerated)Power given to the national government under the
Constitution.
(Coin money, raise an army)
• Reserved powers- power given to the state
governments.
(Police, education, licensing)
• Concurrent powers- powers that are shared by both
state and national.
(Taxing, maintain Roads/construction)
Federalism Flip Chart
Using your text, We The People, complete the flip chart.
*What powers are given to the National government?
States? Shared?
National
State
Shared
Activity: Federalism Scenarios
• With your group read each scenario at your station (4
minutes each).
• Determine if the scenario meets the federalism test for
that level of government (Circle yes or no).
• Explain the reasoning (why or why not).
Practice: Colorado’s Scenic Drive Highway has become
overcrowded. The state legislature passes a law forbidding
out-of-state drivers from using the highway?
Can Colorado’s state legislature do this? (Yes or No) Why?
NO
• Article IV
• Section 1
“Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the
public Acts, Records, and judicial proceedings of every
other State. And the Congress may by general Laws
prescribe the manner in which such Acts, Records and
Proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.”
1. Michigan, hard hit by a recession, has
decided to issue coins made from old
cars in order to stimulate the economy.
1. Answer
• NO
• Article I
• Section 8, Clause 5
Only Congress has this ability:
“To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and
of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights
and Measures”
2. Congress passes a law imposing new
regulations upon airlines engaged in interstate
commerce (doing business in several states
and across state lines.)
2. Answer
• YES
• Article I
• Section 8, Clause 3
“To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,
and among the several States, and with the
Indian Tribes”
3. Displeased with the U.S.
Postal Service, the state
legislature of Nevada has
passed a law creating the
Nevada Postal Service.
3. Answer
• NO
• Article I
• Section 8, Clause 7
Only Congress has the power “To establish Post
Offices and Post Roads.”
4. The neighboring state of Illinois has
annexed Lake County, Indiana.
4. Answer
• NO
• Article IV
• Section 3, Clause 1
“New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but
no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of
any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or
more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the
Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.”
No new state can be formed in a state that already exists. States
cannot join together unless the state legislatures and the US
Congress agree.
5. The Governor of Montana requests that
Kentucky return John Doe to Montana. Doe,
convicted of murder in Montana, had fled to
Kentucky where local authorities captured him.
5. Answer
• YES
• Article IV
• Section 2, Clause 2
A criminal fleeing from one state to another after
committing a crime, if apprehended, must be returned
to the state from which he/she fled, at the request of
the legal authorities in that state (a process called
extradition).
6. John Jones has been legally adopted in the
state of Arkansas. After the Jones family moves
to Georgia, the Georgia State Welfare Agency
takes John from his adoptive parents. The
Agency claims its does not recognize Arkansas
adoption laws
6. Answer
• NO
• Article IV, Section 1
“Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the
public Acts, Records, and judicial proceedings of every other
State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the
manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall
be proved, and the Effect thereof.”
Each state must recognize other states’ legal documents,
such as marriage certificates and drivers’ licenses
7. The federal government passes a law to
establish a single national system of public high
schools.
7. Answer
• NO
• Amendment X (10)
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
The states, or the people, have any power that the
Constitution does not give the National Government or
deny to the States.
8. The state of Washington has placed a tax
on goods imported and exported through its
seaports.
8. Answer
• NO
• Article I
• Section 10, Clause 2
“No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or
Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary
for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and
Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of
the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to
the Revision and Controul of the Congress.”
No state can lay duties on imports or exports without the consent of
Congress.
HW: Create an illustration that shows how the
federal system works in the United States.
Make sure to include the powers given to each
as well as shared.
(Hint-Think back to the cake we analyzed in
class)