State Powers and Interstate Relations

Most state spending goes towards

Education, health, and welfare

Administer

Manage or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of

License

Give official permission to operate in a certain occupation

Federalism among the states

Lets each state set its own laws, regulations, taxes, criminal codes, and budget priorities

Results in economic and political differences among states

Federalism impacts environmental regulation by

Letting states create their own environmental regulations

Extradite

Return a fugitive who flees across state lines back to OG state

Privileges and Immunities clause

Article IV, section 2

Citizens of each state entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states

States can’t discriminate

Can states treat out of state residents differently if reasonable?

Yes

Interstate compacts

Written agreement between 2 or more states

Signed and approved by congress

Modern times, they deal with regional problems and shared resources

“Full faith and credit”

States must honor each others laws and court orders

Lawsuits between states

Only heard in US Supreme Court

(Since 1789, nearly 200 have been resolved)