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+Potential interstate problems: Article 4 of the Constitution
+- "Full faith and credit clause": states must honor legitimacy of others
+ - Ex: driver's licenses are validated in other states
+- Privileges and immunities
+ - You don't become an immigrant by moving states
+ - Citizen of Georgia = Citizen of Florida
+- Interstate extradition
+ - Fleeing a crime between states means you get sent back
+- Interstate compacts
+ - Subject to congressional approval
+ - Because this will increase the power/rights of a state
+- Still being decided through state powers, census, districting
+
+Two general stages of federalism since civil war
+- Dual federalism (1829-1937)
+ - Divided based on commerce
+ - Interstate = federal domain
+ - Limited at the time, local commerce much more common
+ - Intrastate = full state control
+- Cooperative federalism, started by New Deal (1937-1968)
+ - Federally funded but state-administered
+ - National Government has a bigger role because they hold the purse
+ - Social Welfare motivated in public opinion
+- The 1970s have unclear federalism
+ - Public opinion turns against feds: Recession, Vietnam, Nixon
+- 1980s--present shifts more power to the states
+ - President Reagan reshapes federalism
+ - Public opinion against big government
+ - Block Grants replace states administering specific programs
+ with states administering a lump sum social welfare system.
+ - Puts blame onto state governments
+ - Lets Reagan build up national defense as much as possible
+ - Rehnquist Court - Commerce Clasue
+ - Expanded definition of intrastate commerce
+ - Reverting to dual federalism
+- Future
+ - FBI and counterterrorism actually hand power back to the states
+ - Devolution: shift power from national to states
+ - Clarence Thomas - conservative on SC - favors state power
+ - Believes it to protect private activity and indiv. freedom
+ Arguments:
+ - Geographically easy to petition government
+ - States control day-to-day bureacracy
+ - Federal programs can be shaped to state pops.
+ - States innovate new individual rights (ex social programs)
+ - You can migrate to shop around for rights
+ - Good or bad? Unclear.
+ - But there is a greater burden on state finances