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Name: GVPT 170 NOTES OF LECTURE 4
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February 8 2016- Lecture  Race to the bottom: EXAMPLE: Cutting the unemployment benefits. States tend to cut spending money in such services when they face economically hard times. Recent Issues of Federalism:  There is a shift towards greater state power (devolation). Congress stays moderate, this shift is a small margin and we hope that it stays that way. Recently, there has been pieces of evidence that the court is pro-state rights.  On the other hand in some particular issues federal role has grown. -Role of federal standards. EXAMPLE: Voter registration, “No Child Left Behind” - U.S Supreme Court has tendethto support limiting state powers when it came to “the equal