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POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I. Dallas County DAII. FederalismA. “Comity Clause”B. Article 1 Section 10C. Dual FederalismD. Grants-in-AidOutline of Current Lecture I. ConstitutionsA. Supremacy ClauseB. Necessary and Proper ClauseC. Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas 1827D. UnicameralE. Constitution of Republic of Texas 1836II. Regulated FederalismIII. PreemptionIV. Nixon/Reagan/ClintonV. Constitutional ChangesCurrent Lecturel.A constitution is a legal structure of government which establishes its power and authority as well as limits on that power.A. The supremacy clause is in Article Vl of the U.S. Constitution which states that the Constitution and laws passed by the national government and all treaties are supreme law of the land and superior to all laws adopted by any state or any subdivision.B. Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution provides Congress with the authority to make all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out its powers.C. Though Texas revolted against New Spain many times we did not gain independence until the Mexican War of Independence. On August 24, 1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain and because we were still under the Mexican rule we had to 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.operate under the Mexican Constitution. Catholicism was established as the state religion and was supported financially by the state. D. Unicameral is comprised of one body or house as in a one house legislature.E. The Constitution of the Republic of Texas 1836, drew heavily on the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson and catalogued a list of grievances against the Mexican government.ll.Regulated federalism with increased funding, the federal government demanded higher standards and stricter uses for funds.lll.Preemption is the principle that allows the federal government to override state/local actions in certain policy areas. This occurs when the state/local actions don’t agree with national requirements. Congress increased unfunded mandates which rules were forcing states to spend their own money to comply with federal law. The backlash to federal preemption and unfunded mandates led to calls for devolution which is the transferring responsibility from the federal to the state/local government. This has been popular since the 1970’s and led to New Federalism.lV.Nixon had block grants, and wanted less federal money and interference. Reagan wanted federal aid to be cut by 12% and the removal federal government from local matter governed bystates. Clinton had a welfare reform in 1996, and the grants were tied to federal rules.V.Some major constitutional changes occurred when Senators were directly elected, women weregranted the right to vote and the federal income tax was established. A schism occurred in the Democratic Party due to the New Deal dividing liberal and conservative factions. Texas “Shivercrats” were conservative Democrats who voted for conservative Republican Eisenhower as


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