Federalism

Prompt 1 Linkage institutions connect citizens to the government, and play significant roles in the electoral process. Some important functions of political parties as a linkage institution in elections is to get others informed to join their party. With linkage institutions involved with political parties, they provide information about policy choices and provide voter cues. They also provide distinct political choices to voters, and fundraise. In all, their basic goal is to provide the most…

After some remarks I gave to an Indianapolis group on Feb. 20 about defending Indiana’s laws, an audience member posed a question about the Constitution's 17th Amendment, which requires direct election of U.S. senators by voters. I replied the 17th Amendment also permits state legislatures to decide their state’s method for nominating the parties' Senate candidates – be it by primary election, state party convention or caucus or legislators themselves – with voters electing the senator in the…

The Articles of Confederation are important for us to study today because, as the first written constitution, they helped create the national government of the United States. The Articles of Confederation aimed towards limiting the central government’s power. As the Articles gave power to the states with less towards the congress, their goal was reached. Even so, that put America at a significant disadvantage. Whereas the government was so weak, it left America in a dreadful position within…

Constitution arrange the power relationships between the national government and the states? There are several principles behind the United States constitution, such as popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of power, checks and balances, and federalism. Each principle has its own purpose but all work together to create a government free of tyranny. The principle of popular sovereignty is citizen voting on their government representative and hold them responsible to represent the…

Multiculturalism, the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgement of their differences within a dominant political culture. That acknowledgement can take the forms of recognition of contributions to the cultural life of the political community as a whole, a demand for special protection under the law for certain cultural groups, or autonomous rights of governance for certain cultures. Multiculturalism is both a response to…

During the 1820’s and 1830’s, American political views were quite polarized. Arguing over who best represented the people and practiced democracy, the Jacksonian Democrats and Whigs were two of the most prominent political parties at the time. Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. However, their history was mixed as each of these principles could be proved true for…

Constitution, making it an important step toward the creation of the United States. Founding fathers stipulated a series of basic principle that become evident in the political system through The Constitution, in particular, federalism, separation of powers, and check and balances. Federalism, where the national government and sates share the power and derive all authority from the people. Separation of powers, this mean they are separated into the Legislative, Executive and Judicial. The…

Federalism is the interaction between the national state government in the United States, both playing a key role in the government as a whole (By the People, page 92). Gun control is a great example of federalism because the federal government can vote if guns and other weapons are legal in the United States, then the states can vote on if those list of guns…

Federalism plays a large role into the lives of everyday Americans. One key policy issue which has long been pulled between the federal and state powers is the issue of voting rights. This is currently a very hot subject has the laws behind who can vote are continuing to be shaped within federal and state courts through new voter identification laws. The purpose of this paper will be to first present how the current voting laws have been developed through federalism. In the context of historical…

In order to unify and coordinate governmental functions, such as military defense, foreign policy, and commerce, the newly formed United States created a government which followed a federal system. Federalism, as the federal system is commonly addressed as, is when two or more government bodies share powers of the same geographic area. The United States splits its powers between the national government and the state government. The reason for this is to insure that one branch of government does…