Federation

The articles of confederation replaced by the United States constitution was created November 15, 1777, and set rules for the current operations in the United States at that time. The articles of confederation was replaced by the constitution because it lacked taxing authority, uniformity of currency, denied the power to regulate foreign trade and interstate commerce, No enforcement of law, and it created an ineffective way to vote by state. The Articles were written to keep the national…

In 1776 the Second Continental Congress began to draft the plans for the government of the new nation that would be formed after the colonies gained their independance. The plan that the congress created is called the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation created a confederal form of government, consisting of a loose union of 13 states, each with their own governments. However, despite the founder’s good intentions the government formed under the Articles of confederation is…

In the reflections of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the unsteady response associated with dealing with the historic disaster that his New Orleans gives way to thorough discussion the levels of responsibilities and role of the federal, state, and local authorities in times of disaster and emergency response to such disasters like Katrina. Under the systems or practice where more power is pushed to the federal government to spearhead and to always play the lead role is not a good idea and…

The Federalists and the Anti Federalists have different viewpoints on the clauses presented. The federalist paper number 33 presents the argument that the Federal government is granted authority to make all laws that are necessary and proper for the United States. These laws are to be the supreme law of the land. The Antifederalists disagreed with this idea because they believed it would give too much power to the Federal Government leaving the people and the state governments vulnerable. The…

There are many principles that makeup the American political system. These principles include limited government, the separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism and the establishment of the republic. Understanding what each principle means, and their role towards the political system will give one a better understanding of the American political system. American Government is separated into three branches. The legislative, executive and judicial branch. The Congress is the head of…

Many different states have multiple kinds of federal system depending on where a person is. In Texas federalism “is a form of government that divides sovereign powers across at least two political units” Within the government, people believe that there are many ways that the government should be run. The way the people think is way off from the actual system itself. Some may wonder what is the real reason of why we have federalism? Well federalism is a way for the government to get money from…

The Aztecs were ethnic groups of central Mexico who grew to conquer large areas Mesoamerica known as the Aztec Empire. The Incan Empire was a civilization along the coast of South America that conquered neighboring regions through their military strengths. While both the Aztecs and Incas had similar social hierarchies consisting of the elite, government officials, and commoners, the Aztecs had no structured form of government only paying tributes to officials compared to the Incas’ military ran…

In 2012, the Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law aimed at illegal immigration. The ruling stated that the state could not supercede federal statutes (Sorenson). This power play between the Court and the state is an example of how federalism did not fulfill the framers’ vision of an institution that protected states’ rights from an ever-growing national government. In forming the Constitution, the framers had designed it to be a solution to unifying the states without taking all their…

A democracy under a federal system is the form of government all United States citizens are living under today. Sense this governmental system came to form, the strengths and weaknesses of our democracy under a federal system have become clear. Two advantages to this form of government are that the smaller forms of government on state and country levels created by federalism are more equipped to make decisions on behalf of the needs of local communities then a singular central government; the…

No Child Left Behind an Issue of Federalism Since the time that the Constitution was signed and the government of the United States was created, there have been many disputes in regards to the balance of power between the State Government and the Federal Government. The equal sharing of powers between these two branches is known as Federalism and it has been the cornerstone of our government for hundreds of years. In the eyes of the founding fathers this system of divided powers was far…