After reading the whole case of James v. Boise I have just one major concern. I sometimes get worried that the federal government has too much power of the states. The concern comes for lessons learned from reasons why the Civil War happen. If the states feel powerless they will most likely try to succeed from the union once again.…
I think that this is important because our country lives off the phrase, “All men are created equal,” which can be found in the United States’ Declaration of Independance. Another reason I think a state government better suits the United Sates is when Jefferson talked…
The founders of our country also wrote the constitution with intention of maintaining peace among the country. I believe that there are some issues so conflicting for people, that if states had final say in the issue, it would disrupt peace between states. Issues such as same sex marriage are permitted in some stated and not permitted in others. Complications and confusions come from this division among states. Because of this, I simply thing the federal government should step in and make a decision affecting every state as a whole.…
Allowing the states to have complete power will create chaos and disunity. Having so many different voices will lead to destruction of the Union, we must act as one voice together for the future…
Our society continuously evaluates the balancing of powers between the state government and the federal government. It is important in a democracy for the powers to be equally distributed, for if one person in the government takes total control, it would no longer be a democracy. A government with too much power isn’t a good thing, for the society itself would change. One of the main things that helps our society balance the powers between the governments are the three divisions of government. The three branches of government consist of the legislative branch, the judiciary branch, and the executive branch.…
The states and the government have different rights that give more, or fewer powers to lead a state. If the government gains too much power that could give us too much taxes, and bankrupt us,…
National and state governments work as two similar spheres of authority, even though their functions may overlap and can cause tension. James Bryce, stated that “the system is like a great factory where two sets of machinery are at work, their revolving wheels apparently intermixed, their bands crossing on another, yet each set doing its own worth without touching or hampering the other.” (Bryce 1916, vol. 1). When under a federal system, federal and state governments both have their own constitutions in which they derive the authority to benefit for individuals and act on behalf. Federalism is the happy compromise of the nation and in its capacity, to present when conducting foreign policy.…
The Balancing Act: A look into America’s Political Structure The United States is built on the concept of federalism. Federalism is “the division of power between a central government and regional governments” (Janda 69). Federalism creates a limited government by creating a strong federal government but also granting power to the states. By allocating powers between the states and federal government, federalism prevents either of them from becoming too powerful.…
The Federal versus State governments hasn’t been equal since the writing of the Constitution and is still going on present day. The state and Federal governments have been affecting lives since the beginning. The constitution granted the Federal government with more superior powers, while the state governments have the lower side of powers compared to the federal. There has been a court case which reduced the states powers, Such as in Sturges v. Crownshield, where the chief justice John Marshall let the states pass bankruptcy laws but couldn’t be applied to debts brought upon oneself before the ratification of the law. John Marshall had many cases which reduced the power of the states.…
The federal government has certain powers for making important decisions while state governments can make their own laws governing local issues. They share powers to make sure one doesn't get to powerful then the other. This is like the system of Checks and Balances. The Constitution limits many powers in our government. The Constitution has a check for anything and everything is always in order.…
The state governments are actually designed to have almost the same powers as the federal government, just on a smaller scale. In Barron v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, it was declared that “Each state established a constitution for itself, and in that constitution provided such limitations and restrictions on the powers of its particular government as judgment dictated”7. This is essentially stating that each state has their own constitution and determines its own rules and laws within itself. This limits the control of the federal government over the states and allows the states to have much more leniency in making their own laws and regulations. However the state governments have the same thing going on within their governments.…
Who should have more power the Federal or State Governments? I think that the Federal Government should have more power than State Government. When depending on the State Government they were only depending on it for money. When the people of the states came together to change the Article of Confederation the State Government lost some of its power and got weaker the Federal Government gave the power from the State to the central Government. The Federal Government was stronger than the State Government from the very beginning the Federal Government had the power to take power whenever it wanted and the state could not do a thing about it because, the Federal Government was stronger in many other aspects that the state…
Some argue that strong national government is a threat to the sovereignty of the states. Much debate is ongoing in regards to the relationship between the federal and state government. In fact, the Civil War was a culmination of events rooted in this difference of opinion. Dual federalism is something that is hoped for by many southern states.…
To create well operating Government, with content citizens, there needs to be a balance of power. Federalism has the ability to stop racist, homophobic, and discriminative laws created by the states. Yet, federalism also has the ability to become more centralized and lose focus and control over the different states. For example, during a Macro Economics lecture last semester the professor stated, under the Soviet Union a Russian nail factory once received orders to create a certain amount of weight in nails. However, the workers didn’t create multiple nails and instead created one large nail weighing the correct amount.…
I could not imagine life without local or state government. Both intities possess an intimate knowledge and understanding about the people, culture and the needs of their communities. To ask the federal government to manage the individual lives of the entire country is an impossible task, at least with the current organizational structure. In general conversation, when we discuss our personal feelings toward government we tend to focus on paying so much money in taxes but not receiving any political support in return.…