• division of power among states and federal government 
• enforcement of federal (i.e. laws) at the state level 
• cooperation (i.e. concurent power) between state and federal governments 
• in addition to the constitution, the courts (i.e. Supreme court) has determined 

federalism - states rights

• division of power - among states and federal government 
• enforcmentof federal power ( i,e, laws) 
• cooperation (i.e. concurrent power) between state and federal governments 
• in addition to the constitution, the courts (i,e, supreme court) has determined the limits of power of the federal government and state government 
• current key battle grounds of federalism 
• voting rights 
• healthcare 
• enviorment 
• immigration 
• california vs trump 

Chapter 1: The Citizen and Government

• government is the term generally used to describe the formal institutions through which a land and its peopleare ruled 
• liberty means personal freedom and a government who's powers are limited by law 
• Equality is the idea that all individuals should have the right to participate in political life and society on equivelant terms 
• democracy means placing considerable political power in the hands of ordinary people 
• Americans look to government in times of war 
• In 1929 after the great depression congress passed legislation that brought the government into the buisiness of home mortgages, farm mortgages, credit and relief of personal distress 

the founding and the constitution

• social unrest 
• precieved inequality 
• precieved opression 
• discontent with current system of govening 
• desire for change that would establish a government system ( and society) that would ensure and facilitate 
• fairness 
• protection 
• freedom 
• empowerment 
• representation 
• security 
• civil/uncivil disobedience and unrest - organizing - foundation deceleration of independence
• foundation: articles of confederation - more protesting and reconfiguring - federalist papers vs anti federalists - the final constitution  

• the 10th ammendment those rights that arent explicitly stated is given to the states 
• originalism is the idea that the constitution is a static and enduring, meaning that it should be strictly applied based on the text and original intersections of the farmers, theoretically, thi is a way to ensure that it's unterpertation and application is not swayed by social changes or personal ideologies (i.e. that of the judges.)
• roe v wade - a landmark case about abortion