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Lesson Essential Questions Warm Up: 9/19 Warm UP Activity Lesson Essential Questions What is federalism? Contrast this system with a confederate system. In your opinion: What role should the national government play in influencing local and state governments? What factors make federalism more effective than a unitary or confederate system? What is federalism? What Constitutional provisions divide power between the federal and state governments? What are the powers of federal and state governments? What court cases influence the balance of federal power and state power?

Introduction to the Federalist System

The Constitution – Solving all of our problems

The Madison Model

Beware of the factions (groups)

Beware of the factions (groups) Be afraid! Be very afraid!

Two different types of factions Minority Factions- easy to control, majority will vote them out Majority Factions- Harder to control, they will control most of the government

Take power away from the majority President elected by the Electoral College Supreme Court appointed by the President Senators appointed by state legislators

The only branch of government that was elected by the majority was the House of Representatives

Separation of Powers

Checks and Balances

Introduction to the Federalist System Today’s objective Essential Questions Political scientists will, verbally and in writing, evaluate the impact of the US federalist system on policy making in the United States. What is federalism? What Constitutional provisions divide power between the federal and state governments? What are the powers of federal and state governments? What court cases influence the balance of federal power and state power?

Federalism Federal System Unitary system Confederate system Political system powers belong to both the state/local governments and the national government current US government Unitary system All power is granted to a central government Great Britain Confederate system A majority of the power rests in the local governments the states under the Articles of Confederation

Lesson Essential Questions Warm Up Warm UP Activity Lesson Essential Questions Explain the difference between enumerated, reserved and concurrent powers. What is the significance of the “necessary & proper” clause? In your opinion: When is it appropriate for the federal government to claim/take land from a local or state government? What is federalism? What Constitutional provisions divide power between the federal and state governments? What are the powers of federal and state governments? What court cases influence the balance of federal power and state power?

Federal Powers Enumerated powers Implied Powers Powers that belong to the national government listed in the Constitution. Also called “expressed powers” or “delegated powers” Implied Powers Powers of the fed. Gov. that go beyond those enumerated Established by “necessary and proper” (elastic) clause Congress has to power to make all laws necessary & proper for carrying into execution

State Powers & Concurrent Powers Reserved Powers Powers that belong to the state governments that the national government cannot take away Outlined in the 10th Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Also known as “denied powers” Concurrent Powers Powers that belong to both the state and federal governments

Supremacy Clause: Article VI “All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

Full Faith Credit Clause Full faith and credit ought to be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings, of every other state; and the legislature shall, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings, shall be proved, and the effect which judgments, obtained in one state, shall have in another.

Article 4 Full Faith and Credit Clause Every state must respect each other’s law’s.

Extradition

Cartoon Discussion Working with your team: Considering the power dynamics of the American Federal system, argue how these two images are related. Come up with a collective thesis statement that answers this prompt.

Oregon Standoff: Rejecting the Federal Government’s Power? https://www.youtube.com/v/3NeHPgF_9E0