What+does+the+Constitution+Say+About+Federalism

= = **Directions:** CLICK ON EDIT. **Read each of the following statements. Decide whether or not each statement describes a situation in which the officials or institutions involved comply with the U.S. Constitution. If so, answer yes. If not, answer no. BOLD the correct answer under each statement, then identify the number of the Article and Section or the Amendment of the constitution that supports ur answer.** **Write this information on the line below each item. Below that line, paraphrase the selection to tell what the Constitution says about that statement in your own words. Clue: Answers to these items can be found in Articles I, IV, and VI or in Amendment X.**

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1. Michigan, hard hit by a recession, has decided to issue coins made from old cars in order to stimulate the econom YES **NO** Article 1 sec 10, No, No state can coin money - Ana Hernandez

2. Mary, upset with the custody ruling of New York which gave her husband custody of the children, takes them and runs to California. She asks a California court for custody. Will they agree? YES **NO** Article 4 sec 2 ,No, Any criminal that leaves another state is to be returned to their original state.- Ana hernandez

3. Displeased with the U.S. Postal Service, the state legislature of Nevada has passed a law creating the Nevada Postal Service.

YES **NO** Article 1 sec 8 ,No, Congress can establish a postal service. - Ana Hernandez

4. Arizona, unable to meet it's rising health care costs, decides to tax tourists more for their goods than it does Arizona citizens. YES **NO** Article 4 sec 1 ,No, Privileges and immunities among states. - Ana Hernandez

5. Congress passes a law imposing new regulations upon airlines engaged in interstate commerce (doing business in several states and across state lines.)YES NO

6. Colorado's Scenic Drive Highway has become overcrowded. The state legislature passes a law forbidding out-of-state drivers from using the highway. YES NO __7__. The U.S. Supreme Court's upholding of Congress' power to regulate strip mining of coal upset the governor of North Dakota very much. The governor has announced that he will not allow the enforcement of the law in his state.

YES NO

8. The Governor of Montana requests that Kentucky return John Doe, a fugitive, to Montana. Doe, convicted of murder in Montana, had fled to Kentucky, where local authorities captured him. Must they?

YES NO

9. Arizona voters pass a law legalizing the sale and distribution of marijuana which Federal law prohibits. YES NO _ 10. The State of Washington has placed a tax on goods imported and exported through it's seaports. YES NO _11. Arizona, wishing to improve it's trade with Mexico, negotiates a treaty giving special tax status to Mexican goods, if they do the same for Arizona goods entering Mexico. YES NO 12. The federal government passes a law to establish a single national system of public high schools. YES NO _ 13. New Mexico's governor is so popular,thehat the legislature has declared him Governor for life and cancelled all elections until his death. YES NO _ 14. Arizona, Wishing to keep its lottery money in Arizona refuses to pay out on any winning tickets not owned by Arizona citizens possessing a valid Arizona drivers license. YES NO _ 15. Congress partitions California into three states, combining each section with a neighboring state. YES NO

16. John Jones has been legally adopted in the state of Arkansas. After the Jones family moves to Georgia,. The Georgia State Welfare Agency takes John from his adoptive parents. The Agency claims that his adoption is not recognized by Arkansas law. YES NO

17. The state of New Jersey refuses to issue a business licenses to anyone who does not pay property taxes in the state. YES NO

18. Minorities in LA are so infuriated by the verdict in a murder trial that they begin to riot. California asks for federal troops, but thePresident says the money is not there to pay them, so he refuses. YES NO

19. The Texas National Guard gets into a border dispute with Mexico. The President's says hat he Texans started it, and refuses to send U.S. troops to help when Mexican troops enter Texas. YES NO

20. The state of Arizona insists that attorney's from California must pass the Arizona Bar exam to practice here. YES NO

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 * When you have completed all of the questions complete the chart below using information from the answers to the previous questions. **

A. List the obligations that the states have to each other. 1.

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B. List the obligations that the National government has to the states. 1.

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