1. Federalism: Duties and Interstate Cooperation

2. Duties and Responsibilities
National Government
State Government
Protect the republican form of government
Provide for the common defense
Ensure domestic tranquility
Equal representation in the Senate
Protect state boundaries
Admit new states to the Union
Maintain a state militia
Handle details of elections
Draw congressional districts based on apportionment
Everything else that the National Government does not do...

3. EXPANDING Government POWERS
Economic basis has changed
U.S. has become a global power
Incorporation of 14th Amendment
New Deal policies of Great Depression
Interpretation of Commerce Clause
EXPANDING Government POWERS

4. Economic Influence: Grants in Aid Categorical Grants Block Grants
Outline use of Federal Funds
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5. INTERSTATE RELATIONS:
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INTERSTATE RELATIONS:

6. Full Faith and Credit:
States must honor one another’s public acts, laws, records and court actions.
Exceptions:
Civil matters, not always criminal
Need not apply to certain marriages or divorces

7. Extradition:
The legal process in which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state from another.
Since 1987, a Federal Court can force a governor to comply with an extradition order.

8. Privileges and Immunities:
A resident of one state may not be discriminated against unreasonably by another state.
States can make reasonable discriminations against residents of another state.
All citizens must obey the laws of all other states while in that state.
Reciprocity in profession and education is common.

9. Our favorite “f” word in Government!
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FEDERALISM:
Our favorite “f” word in Government!