Federalism

Limited Government was part created by the Bourgeoisie, a social class that was form in and around the 16 and 17 century. At the beginning the bourgeoisie placed formal and constitutional limits to the government. Even though, the original reason for those limits was to favor the Bourgeoisie class. This was put in place to stop the control of government by the aristocracy. Later it served a greater purpose, it keep the government in check and aid on the protection of the citizens. Part of…

decided by majority vote but rather by well-informed representatives elected by the people This system would prevent the selection of the president based on the whims of people, allow less populous states to have a voice, and strengthen the concept of federalism, the sharing of powers between state and national government. The creation of a bicameral national legislature, a Congress composed of two separate chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives, also eliminated future rule by the…

parties emerged: The Federalists and Antifederalists. Those who believed in Federalism believed in ratifying the Constitution while those who believed in Anti-Federalism opposed the ratification of the Constitution. James Madison ever so eloquently wrote Federalist 10, now accredited the most influential essay in The Federalist series. In Federalist 10 lie several incredibly wise quotations that truly shape the meaning of Federalism and of how the United States was framed. To begin with,…

In 1829, a federalist named Juan Manuel Rosas came to power by deliberately exploiting rural unrest to assemble popular forces to counter the Unitarian rebellion (47, Lynch). He imposed a much stronger version of Federalism by manipulating the alternative views, thus creating his own, which relied heavily on a network of personal alliances among the regional land-owning clans, estancias, and the export of meat. It is important to understand the rise of Rosas and what…

The conflict and tension between how to rule the country started occurring soon after the Revolutionary War. After the war, Congress ran the country as a weak confederate government that attempted to unite the different states. After the Revolutionary War, when the government was first set up under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power went to the states and an intentionally weak central government was formed. This was because Americans were fearful of a strong central government…

When wealthy people tend to do important things, is it because they are doing it for themselves or for the greater good? Well, some believe the founding fathers rewrote the Articles of Confederation simply because it was "not working". Or maybe rewriting it was to benefit the wealthy. Is it "We the People", or is it " We the Wealthy"? The Constitution is counter-revolutionary I presume. According to Dictionary.com: "A counterrevolution is a person who advocates or engages in a revolution that…

Case Study 7: Wichita Confronts Contamination The case study of “Wichita Confronts Contamination,” begins in 1990 when the KDHE (Kansas Department of Health and Environment), reported that Wichita was sitting on an underground polluted lake. The pollution had a caused by a direct cause to various commercial and industrial chemicals. The KDHE did a preliminary study on it and later on handed the report to the City Manager Chris Cherches. Once the information came out, the banks then stopped…

Once a state has created a law and it has been determined to be constitutional, the enforcement process lends itself to judicial scrutiny when brought before the court. When the process of enforcement and the discovery of evidence have been put into motion, the circumstance surrounding how law enforcement came into contact with the accused is one of the first things reviewed - much of the initial interaction is based on the enforcement of State laws, which cascades into protected rights when…

It is important for the federal system that the Constitution is the “Supreme Law of the Land”. This is because it is necessary to have something to base everything off of in order to ensure fairness and order. Before the Constitution, the states held all the power. Government only had the ability to enforce the will of the separate states. Government had no power to collect taxes, declare war or form an army; everything was dependent upon the laws of the states. For this reason, chaos was seen…

III. State Attorney General Litigation In a situation when an Attorney general does not take any action to defend a law, which was adopted by general Assembly of a state, the congressman and other sponsors of the legislation has the right to defend the legislation in court. Taken into consideration previous practices the state law may provide for other officials to speak for the State in federal court . Even it’s a trend that Attorney’s general to proceed with mass litigation through the…