1. North Carolina
State Government

2. What does this picture have to do with the relationship between the state and federal governments?

3. Federalism
-Federalism
Power is shared by federal AND state government
-Enumerated Powers
Powers given federal only
-Reserved Powers
Powers given to state only
-Concurrent Powers
Powers shared by federal and state
-Supremacy Clause
Federal government supreme to states/Article 6 of Constitution

4. Federalism
-State Constitutions
Highest law in the state
Approved by federal government
-Federal-State Cooperation
Federal government gives money to states to help programs
Full Faith and Credit Clause

5. The Declaration of Rights
This is kind of like the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution.
It guarantees the rights of citizens in North Carolina.
The NC Constitution also ensures the right to a public education in the Declaration of Rights because it is a Reserved Power (10th Amendment to the US Constitution)

6. State Executive Branch
Nomination similar to president, but elected directly by the people
-Governor–
4 year term,
2 consecutive term limit
No limits on total number of years
30 years old
-Lieutenant Governor
Second in command in the state (like the Vice President)

7. State Executive Branch
-Same Roles as President
Executive
Executive orders, budget
Legislative
More veto power than President
Can line-item veto
Commander
Of state National Guard
Party
Judicial
Pardon, commute, parole
State
Most governors are given more legislative power than even the President because they have the power to line-item veto. This means that the governors can take a bill passed by the state legislature, and rather than accepting or rejecting the entire bill as it is, he or she can mark through certain parts of the bill (items), and then pass it. Some Presidents want this power, but during the Clinton administration, the Supreme Court ruled this unconstitutional. Why do some people want President’s to have this power? Why not?

8. State Executive Branch
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Beverly Perdue 310 N. Blount Street, Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
STATE TREASURER Richard H. Moore Albemarle Building 325 N. Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
STATE AUDITOR Les Merritt Old Revenue Building 2 S. Salisbury Street Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR Cherie K. Berry Labor Building 4 W. Edenton Street Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
ATTORNEY GENERAL Roy A. Cooper, III Old Education Building 114 W. Edenton Street Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
SECRETARY OF STATE Elaine F. Marshall Old Revenue Building 2 S. Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE James E. Long Dobbs Building 430 N. Salisbury Street, P.O. Box 2638 Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION June Atkinson 301 N. Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE Steve Troxler Agriculture Building 2 W. Edenton Street 1001 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC (919) Fax:
-State Executive Departments and Agencies
-10 major Executive Departments (appointed)
-8 Council of State Departments (elected)
Operate like the departments and agencies that aid the President

9. State Legislative Branch
-Very similar to Congress
(called General Assembly in NC)
NC Senate-50 NC House 120
2 year Terms, no limits
For ALL of the General Assembly
-Legislatures can be based only on population
Reynolds v. Sims
State congressional districts must represent the same number of people (one person, one vote)
The legislature for North Carolina is called the General Assembly, and like our national Congress, it is bicameral. The two houses in the General Assembly are called the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each person serves for two years in the General Assembly. Like Congress, the General Assembly’s job is to pass laws for the state, called statutes.

10. State Legislative Branch NC Senate President Pro Tempore
-State Congressmen
Live in NC 2 years, district for 1
varying requirements, full time job
NC House-21, NC Senate-25
Leadership = NC House Speaker, Lieutenant Gov.
-Law Passing Process very similar to Congress
State laws called statutes
NC Speaker of the House
Joe Hackney
NC Senate President Pro Tempore
Marc Basnight

11. Types Of Statutes
By following proper procedures and observing Constitutional limitations, the General Assembly can create new law and can destroy old law. The kinds of laws which are enacted may be classified under five general heads: (1) Laws regulating individual conduct. These laws prohibit certain acts or require certain acts by an individual in order to promote the interests of society generally. These laws frequently impose a penalty of a fine, imprisonment, or both, for violations, and in such cases are known as criminal laws.
(2) Laws providing for services by the State. These laws include provisions for schools, hospital and health services, agricultural and industrial research, public recreation facilities, and many other types of services which the State may provide for its people.
(3) Laws empowering or directing local governments to act. Cities, counties, and many other types of local governmental units are subject to State control. This control is generally exercised through the General Assembly by laws enabling or directing the local units to act in the manner desired by the State. (4) Laws determining how much money shall be raised by the State and for what purposes it shall be spent. When the General Assembly enacts the various tax and appropriations bills, it makes two determinations: (a) How much of the resources of the people of the State shall be taken for purposes of government, and (b) Which governmental services and purposes shall have priority in the competition for available funds. (5) Amendments to the State Constitution. In addition to the above four types of statutes, the General Assembly may propose amendments to the State Constitution. If an act to amend the Constitution is approved by at least three-fifths of the total membership of each house, the proposal is then submitted to the voters of the whole State. If a majority of the voters approve, the proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

12. State Legislative Branch
-Budget Problems are greatest concern
Cannot adjourn until state budget balanced
Cannot deficit spend
-Leandro case involving school funding
Schools paid for by property taxes
More money = higher property tax
Filed in May 1994, the Leandro suit challenged the way North Carolina educates its public school students. After 11 years of litigation and two major North Carolina Supreme Court decisions—one upholding the right of every student to a sound basic education, and the other defining what the state would have to provide—the state's General Assembly is still struggling to determine how much money it should spend on low-wealth school districts as well as on urban districts that enroll large numbers of low-income students.
Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning is pushing state officials to respond adequately to the courts' requirement to provide qualified teachers in every classroom, a competent principal in every school and sufficient resources for every class. But, while he has kept the heat on them to perform, he has resisted telling them how much money to spend.

13. State Judicial Branch
-State Courts handle all cases not given to federal jurisdiction, which is most all cases
-Most state judges are elected officials
-elected in non-partisan elections
No political parties listed (unbiased)
-debate over election process

14. -Higher State Courts– felony cases, large civil suits—jury trials
State Judicial Branch
-Lower State Courts– misdemeanor cases, family law and small civil suits—judge only
-Higher State Courts– felony cases, large civil suits—jury trials
-trial courts, county court, district court
39 districts in NC
-Appellate Courts
Hears cases appealed from trial courts (appellate jurisdiction)
-State Supreme Courts
6 justices, decision final
North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
Harnett County Courthouse