What are some advantages that our federal form of government has over a strong national government in a highly centralized system? What are some disadvantages of a federal system like ours? Please give at least two examples of advantages and two examples of disadvantages. Our federal form of government being a sovereign system gets its power from the state government not directly from the American people. The individual states were also sovereign, which through their power from the people in that state through their state constitution. So the way our system works, using a top-down system on how the power is provided. So the federal government (via constitution) receives its power from the state government (via bill of rights), who then receives its power from the local government, which finally receives the power from the people.
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This occurred during the presidency of Andrew Jackson who threatened to use military force in support of a federal law. The state of South Carolina tries to veto national legislation passed by Congress, just by using the threat of federal powers caused state of South Carolina to back down. During president Bill Clinton’s administration, major reforms in the welfare program were passed, giving the states significant decision-making role in this program. Some of the disadvantages prevents the creation of national policy. We do not have one single policy, but 51 policies, which leads to confusion. It also could lead to the lack of accountability, who is to blame with the failed policy and overlapping borders between the national and state governments. Also the can be because of citizen ignorance, most citizens know little about state and local government and the policies. Even if they have the power to affect policy they often ignore the state or local government. There is less than 25% turnout for state and local
This occurred during the presidency of Andrew Jackson who threatened to use military force in support of a federal law. The state of South Carolina tries to veto national legislation passed by Congress, just by using the threat of federal powers caused state of South Carolina to back down. During president Bill Clinton’s administration, major reforms in the welfare program were passed, giving the states significant decision-making role in this program. Some of the disadvantages prevents the creation of national policy. We do not have one single policy, but 51 policies, which leads to confusion. It also could lead to the lack of accountability, who is to blame with the failed policy and overlapping borders between the national and state governments. Also the can be because of citizen ignorance, most citizens know little about state and local government and the policies. Even if they have the power to affect policy they often ignore the state or local government. There is less than 25% turnout for state and local