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Necessary and Proper clause
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*The last clause of Article 1, Setion 8, of the Constitution, granting Congress the authorrity to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" and to execute those laws *As long as not infringing on other parts ofconstitution, gov. can do what it needs to get its job done *elastic clause, implied powers for fed *Court has broad interpretation of the “necessary and proper”--> power to feds |
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Cooperative (shared) federalism
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3 branches of government all work together tomake good governmentnot Coersive federalism where fedral gov tellsthe others what to do |
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Free Rider problem
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a situation in which individuals can receive the benefits from a collective activity whether or nor they helped to pay for it, leaving them with no incentive to contribute |
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Conformity Costs
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*What you loose when you come together to make acollective action¨ Paying taxes¨ Coming to class in this specific room *the difference between what a person ideally would prefer and what the group with which that person makes collective decisions actually does. Individuals pay conformity costs whenever collective decisions produce policy outcomes that do not best serve their interests |
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Agency Loss
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* Principals àgoal of good governance· Those that do the work are agents· When principal doesn’t do a good job ofdelegating and the agent acts alone *the discrepancy between what citizens ideally would like to do and how the agents actually behave |
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Opinion-sharing model of representation
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§ Bottom-upPeople have view, share with legislator, makevote * |
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14th Amendment
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* grant citizenship to those born and nationalizedin the states· * supreme court dictumà applies to states as well |
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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§ Separate but Equal |
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Expressive benefits
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· Public good· NPR bag· “thank you for paying into our system, here’s atoken of our appreciation worth less than what you gave us” |
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Factions
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a group of people sharing common interests who are opposed to other groups with competing interests. James Madison deifned a faction as any group with objectives contrary to the general interest of society |
