Federalism Round Up assignment

In your blog:  Pick two areas from each of the three sections in Chapter 4.  Write a paragraph on those areas and what you have learned in regards to each area.  You should have six total paragraphs


Section 1:
I learned about the powers of the National Government. These powers fall into three different types of powers: expressed powers, implied powers, and inherent powers. Examples of each respectably are the power to coin money, to prohibit race-based discrimination, and to conduct foreign relations.


I also learned about the powers that are reserved to the states. Some examples of these powers are: forbidding persons under 18 to marry without parental consent, or those under 21 to buy liquor. It can ban the sale of pornography, outlaw prostitution, and permit some forms of gambling and prohibit others. They can also require that doctors, lawyers, hairdressers, and plumbers be licensed in order to practice in the State. It can confiscate automobiles and other property used in connection with such illicit activities as illegal drug trafficking or prostitution. It can establish public schools, enact land use laws, regulate the services and restrict the profits of such public utilities as natural gas, oil, electric power, and telephone companies, and do much, much more.


Section 2:
In this section I learned about how only Congress has the power to admit new states. The Constitution places only one restriction on this power and that is that a new state can not be created by taking territory from one or more of the existing states without the consent of the legislature(s) of the state(s) involved.


I also learned that Federalism has a lot of intergovernmental cooperation. One of the best known are the grants-in-aid programs. These programs are grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, and other local units. Many of these governments are regularly strapped for funds and so these grants help them with everyday functions.


Section 3:
I learned that states, with the consent of Congress, may enter into interstate compacts-agreements among themselves and with foreign states. There are now over 200 compacts in effect currently and two of them have all of the 50 states joined within it.


I also learned about extradition, which is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state. extradition is designed to prevent a person from escaping justice by fleeing a state.