1. SCC Rough Drafts due Friday! Agenda NVC Warm-up Return to Marijuana claims Mini-lecture: limited government White boardz Benefits of Federalism Objectives What are the benefits of federalism?

2. Warm-up: Federalism powers review collecting income tax regulating interstate commerce (ie from Oakland to New York City) Regulating intrastate commerce (ie from Oakland to San Jose) regulation of gambling

3. Marijuana claims- “Medical Marijuana and Federalism” Modify the claim you made after yesterday’s inquiry. Use the terms: Federal law State law Reserved Powers Expressed Powers

4. Limited Government and Federalism 10 th Amendment 'The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution… are reserved to the states respectively.' Limits the Federal government Supremacy Clause The Federal government “shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding” Federal law is superior to state law

5. Federalism System of government that divides power between states and the national government Expressed, Reserved, Concurrent powers McCulloch v Maryland- Supremacy clause 10 th Amendment

6. Benefits of Federalism Protects against tyranny of the majority, ie college dorms Unity without uniformity Creates “laboratories” for experiments with new laws Encourages political participation

7. Federalism in the US over time