POLS 2312 1nd Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture III Dual Federalism IV Cooperative Federalism V Coercive Federalism VI Texas Joins the United States VII Texas in the Progressive Era VIII Impact of the Progressive Era on TX IX Texas and the New Deal X National Legislative Influence Outline of Current Lecture I Constitutions II Texas Constitutions III Federalist Governments Current Lecture Know who the 4 candidates for Lieutenant Governor are Watch the 25th debate know positions on marijuana Chapter three is over the Constitutions I Constitutions a Establish major governing institutions b Limit Powers c Promote Legitimacy d Delegated one person one group reserved given to people and concurrent powers two groups people have same power I e state and Federal Government have power to tax e Express Enumerated powers Congress has power to coin money These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute f II Supremacy clause If State and Federal Government have contrasting laws Federal laws win out Texas Constitution a Texas has the 2nd longest Constitution 90 000 words b Alabama s is the longest i 456 Amendments th c 4 most frequently amended Over 500 times d Texas has had 7 to 10 constitutions i Most important is Independence from Mexico 1836 ii Republic of Texas iii Constitution of 1869 1 Centralized power in the hands of governor 2 Governor appointed other officers iv Constitution of 1876 1 Stripped most powers of the governor TX governor is one of the weakest of the nation to this day 2 Cut salaries of governing officials 3 Established biennial legislative sessions Meet every other year 4 Strengthened local governments v Current Constitution 1 Article 1 Bill of Rights 2 Article 2 Separation of Powers 3 Article 3 Legislative Branch a House of Representatives 150 Members must be 21 years old b House of Senate 31 must be 26 years old 4 Article 4 Executive branch a Governor is head of this branch b Relatively week governor i US Citizen 30 years old live in TX 5 years 4 Year Terms 150 000 Salary 5 Article 5 Courts a TX and OK are only two states to have two courts of final appeal TX Supreme Court for Civil Matters and Court of Criminal Appeals for criminal matters b Judges chosen in partisan elections c Suffrage Voting i You can t vote if you are under 18 a convicted felon Individuals found mentally incompetent by a court of law 6 Article 17 Amending III a Proposed by at least 2 3 of total membership of each house i 21 Senators and 100 representatives b Ratified by simple majority of persons voting on amendment i 70 of proposed amendments have ratified Federalist Governments US Canada Mexico a Shared power among governments b States provinces c Most power rest with central government d Used most often but trend towards federalism e Unitary Governments Great Britan and France f United Nations doesn t have own power or army