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Audio

Audio 1: Decode DC: Learning to Love the F Word: Federalism 
Description: The powers of federalism today.

Videos

Video 1. Constitutional Battle Ground State 
Description: Host uses marijuana as an example of challenges of federalism.

Video 2. Pippa Norris “Electoral Integrity and Electoral Systems” 22 March 2016 
Description: Analyzes why elections fail, including a lack of power-sharing like federalism.

Video 3. Federalism and the Constitution: The 17th Amendment 
Description: Professor explores the history of federalism through the early 20th century.

Video 4. Plessy vs. Ferguson 
Description: Analysis of the Plessy versus Ferguson decision.

News Clip 1. States Use Their Powers to Adjust Their Laws, Post-Ferguson 
Description: States use their police powers to adjust their laws post-Ferguson.

News Clip 2. Attorney General Launches Federal Investigation into Police Practices 
Description: Attorney General launches a federal investigation into local police practices.

News Clip 3. Regulators Force Coal Plants to Close Despite Local Government Opposition 
Description: Federal regulators force coal plant to close despite local government opposition.

Web Links

Web Link 1. Watch the United States Grow

Web Link 2. Elastic Clause Cartoon 
Description: Cartoon references Supreme Court’s Elastic (Necessary & Proper) Clause.

Web Link 3. Gas Cartoon 
Description: Cartoon plays on how states’ right to choose speed limits has led to very different laws.

Web Link 4. Community Development Block Grant Program--CDBG 
Description: Explanations of HUD block grants to exemplify cooperative federalism.