Ch. 4 Sec. 3: Relations Among the States
1.
Interstate Relations
a.
Must give full faith and credit to the laws,
records, and court decisions of other state
i. Civil
law – relates to disputes within groups/states/individuals
ii. This
often applies to state-run/private institutions such as schools and
universities – they can charge a higher price or not let them attend
b.
Give one another’s citizens all the privileges
and immunities of its own citizens
i. This
means they can’t unreasonably discriminate against other states’ residents
ii. However,
they can do certain things like preventing voting or running for public
position until a certain amount of time has passed
c.
Must extradite all criminals and fugitives who
flee across state lines to escape justice
i. Prevents
criminals from simply fleeing to a different state and not having done any
crimes there, be free without punishment
d.
Interstate Compacts
i. Agreements
made by states to settle interstate disputes without force, often dealing with
land ect. that is in between states
ii. Deals
with conservation, pollution, fishery, oil ect
e.
Lawsuits between states
i. When
states are unable to solve a disagreement with a compact, they take each other
to court
2.
Admission of New States
a.
Congress admits new states
i. Enabling
act – enables people of the territory to make a constitution then Congress
decides on it
b.
Conditions for Admission
i. Can
require changes to the constitution
ii. Can
be circumvented by changing the states constitution then after it is admitted,
amending it immediately
c.
Equality of States
i. All
states are equal once admitted to the union
Ch. 4 Sec. 4: Federalism and Political Life
1.
Federalism and Public Policy
a.
Policy – a stated course of action
i. Federalism
Affects policy making
1.
How & where policies are made
2.
Introduces limits on government policy-making
3.
Sunset laws – require periodic checks of
government agencies to see if they are still needed
ii. States/Cities
often serve as guinea pigs for bigger federal change
1.
California passed air pollution laws, Congress
later passed air pollution laws
iii. Policy
at national level
1.
Forcing states to change policy/laws (albeit
indirectly) ex. African American cause in 1960s
b.
Federalism and Political Parties
i. Each
political party has the opportunity to win some elections somewhere in the
system
ii. Prevents
only one party from controlling the government
2.
Political Participation
a.
Many Opportunities
i. Federalism
makes many levels of government increasing # of people needed to run it
ii. Allows
change at many levels because there is place provided to vote on issues or
influence them
iii. Working
with interest groups – can petition the local government, increase support for
a certain issue
b.
Increasing Chances of Success
i. Attack
smaller area of politics allows people to influence their direct
representatives
c.
Federalism’s Professional Politicians
i. Since 1960s more public policy has been
introduces by government officials
ii. Theoretically:
Expertise in certain area = better policy
3.
Differences Among States
a.
Federalism allows difference on a local/state
level allowing for specialization/internal affairs control
i. Tax
level, criminal law, laws
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