This coercive federalism has happened more than often in the past and looks like it will happen more in the future as well. Not only are these regulations imposed on the states by the federal government, but they are levied on the states with the use of leverage in the form of threats to defend other federally funded programs in use by the states. These new policies are not just forced on the states are also not even funded by the federal government. For example, when the federal Americans with disabilities act was passed that required street curbs to be accessible to wheelchairs, the federal government did not provide the funds to pay for the curbs. The states and local government were left with the
This coercive federalism has happened more than often in the past and looks like it will happen more in the future as well. Not only are these regulations imposed on the states by the federal government, but they are levied on the states with the use of leverage in the form of threats to defend other federally funded programs in use by the states. These new policies are not just forced on the states are also not even funded by the federal government. For example, when the federal Americans with disabilities act was passed that required street curbs to be accessible to wheelchairs, the federal government did not provide the funds to pay for the curbs. The states and local government were left with the