Module 5: Federalism - POL 101 - American Government - Textbook - LibGuides at Hostos Community College Library

Learning Outcomes

To define federalism in the Constitution
To trace the different stages of federalism over time and find the pattern increasing federal power over time
To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of federalism and federal power

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A Soap-Opera Court Case That Could Seriously Threaten U.S. Foreign Policy
How a suit related to a bizarre Pennsylvania love triangle risks upending the treaty-making powers George Washington fought for at the Constitutional Convention.
Woman Not Guilty of Chemical Warfare
In Bond v. U.S., six justices recognized that prosecutorial overreach is a greater threat than the Senate using conniving treaties to overturn the Court's decisions.

American Government 2E. Project: OpenStax, Rice University. Located at: https://openstax.org/details/books/american-government-2e?Book%20details License: CC BY 4.0
Federal System. Authored by: Thomas Patterson. Project: HarvardXEdX. Located at: https://scholar.harvard.edu/thomaspatterson/teaching. License: Copyright 2020 Harvard University.
Sex, Ducks, and The Founding Feud (Audio), December 19, 2013. Produced by: Kelsey Padgett. Project: Radiolab/WNYC, New York Public Radio. Located at: http://www.radiolab.org/story/sex-ducks-and-founding-feud/ License: Copyright 2020 New York Public Radio.
Policing the Police, 9/15/2020. Authored by: PBS Frontline. Located at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/policing-the-police-2020/ License: Copyright 2020 PBS.
A Soap-Opera Court Case That Could Seriously Threaten U.S. Foreign Policy, October 31, 2013. Authored by: Garrett Epps. Located at: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/a-soap-opera-court-case-that-could-seriously-threaten-us-foreign-policy/281020/ License: Copyright 2020 The Atlantic.
Woman Not Guilty of Chemical Warfare: Constitution Saved. Authored by: Garrett Epps. Located at: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/supreme-court-restraint-saves-the-governments-treaty-power/372020/ License: Copyright 2020 The Atlantic.