Federal assistance in the United States

However, a significant yet otherwise subdued dilemma the Louisiana Purchase treaty caused was an unconstitutional expansion of federal powers, specifically with regards to the president. Robert Knowles argues that the assumed expansion of federal powers to include additions of states and integration into the union significantly hindered the balance between federal powers and state powers, granting the former much more importance in the “empire of liberty” model. Specifically, though, the…

America declared their independence in 1776, they laid down that “governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” The “colonies” had to establish a government, which would be the framework for the United States. The purpose of a written constitution is to define and therefore more specifically limit government powers. After the Articles of Confederation failed to work in the 13 colonies, the U.S. Constitution was created in 1787. When…

When we look at Native American conflicts with the United States we often see references to Sitting Bull and the Battle of Little Bighorn with Custer’s last stand but there is a battle that was more devastating and more impacting to the U.S. government that history seems to have forgotten. That battle is the Battle of Wabash that happened in the early stages of our country in the year of 1791. This battle would be a crucial point in our young countries history and the way we would have to…

are several laws that our federal, our state, and our local have passed or opposed. For us, as citizens, to know who 's in charge of the United States, our country is based off of federalism. Federalism is the method that allows two or more entities to share control over the same geographic region. It 's a principle of government that explains the correspondence joining the central government at the national level, nevertheless its constituent units at the regional, state, or local levels. Each…

The Artificial River The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862, composed via Carol Sheriff, there are a wide range of cases of Catch 22s. Towns at first observed the Canal negatively affecting them, however acknowledged it could offer assistance. The Canal accommodated speedier transportation, however on account of a crash would set aside a long opportunity to recuperate from. Additionally businesspeople profited from the Canal, however other lost a considerable measure of cash as a…

The ATC (Air Traffic Control) systems set in place in America are of course different from that of Canada and European countries but is it better is the question? Dougal’s Parker answers this question in his testimony he gave in front of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He also goes into how the FAA can be transformed along with the ATC systems. Douglas Parker explains how given looking into all of the other foreign ATC systems in place and he came to the conclusion…

Police are constantly evolving, but certain advancements are infringing upon Americans Constitutional rights. In “Precognitive Police” by Henrick Karoliszyn, current police procedures are evaluated for their usefulness in today’s society. The entire article is indecisive. Karoliszyn starts the paper with strong evidence as to how these procedures are beneficial for society. He ends it, however, with contradictory information that causes the reader to be confused as to which way Karoliszyn stands…

Distinction of the U.S and Nevada Constitutions Xitlali Salas 1 A Comparison and Distinction of the United States and Nevada Constitutions As the foundations and frameworks for a government, constitutions play crucial roles in shaping the way a state and nation are run. While the Constitution of the United States outlines the way the federal government is run and act as the supreme law, each state has its own constitution to lay out the way its own government will run. It is important for the…

In today’s America we are witnessing the divide between political standpoints of individual state governments and the federal government. With hot button topics such as gun laws and the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana and the varying laws pertaining to these topics from state to state, one might recall why in this great country of ours do our states and local governments reserve the right to have different standpoints and sign in different laws on the same topics and issues. It…

"[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated […]." Ultimately, the government has no right to intervene in any private belongings of a United States citizen unless…