Federal Government
1. How does Preemption work? On what authority does the federal government undertake it? Give examples of partial
and total preemption in your answer.
2. 2. What other forms of control does the federal government have over the states (aside from those mentioned in
the lecture). Please give examples.
3. In analyzing the evolution of federalism in the 20th century, your author (Peterson) refers to the
“Functionalism” as somewhat “Panglossian” (Meaning: “overly optimistic to the point of being idealistic). what
evidence exists to support his claim?