The term federalism refers to the relationship of the federal/national government and the state governments in regards to their power and authority. Both governments have certain authorities that the other does not have. (Pg.110) For example, the state government cannot declare war or print money, those are only rights granted to the federal/national government. In contrast, the federal/national government cannot issue licenses or execute local elections, those are powers that only the state government has. At first, this relationship between the powers of both the federal/national government and state governments were seen as equal and independent from each other. This was called dual federalism. This idea of equal supremacy was said to
