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    Government Surveillance in America On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by terrorist groups in New York City by a terrorist group that cost thousands of lives. The acts of terrorism that happened in 2001 were followed by the U.S House writing an act that would be called “Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” or “The Patriot Act”. This act was eventually passed and put into effect. It being passed gave government intelligence agencies the power…

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    Obamacare Federalism

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    expected that each state would run its own marketplace, different from HealthCare.gov, this is not the case though, since many of the states decided to let the national government take care of the marketplace and to use the federal system. There are multiple reasons for this transition to a sole federal system and marketplace. One of the reasons is that state budgets do not have enough money in order to build the infrastructure it needs, and grants are virtually unavailable, so many states are…

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    Dual Federal Government

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    The federal government should devolve more power to state government because policymaking is more effective at the state level. By allowing each state to pass policies that benefit them in their favor allows for state to run efficiently. Each states has their own economy that would be affected if the a policy was put into place that hinder their ability to produce the products needed to boost their economy and the nations. Federalism throughout has changed and shaped our modern federalism. The…

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    Quilt Of Federalism

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    powers between the federal, state and local government. The muslin of plain woven piece of fabric set the foundation of the structure garment of our government. The single sheet of muslin represents each state and its “reserved powers”, which are set aside for the…

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    Poverty Problem

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    The United States government has, in recent years, become more and more infatuated with the idea of welfare. Citizens for the most part seem to be equally as in love with the idea as well because they think that it will solve the growing US poverty problem. However, studies have shown that not only does welfare hurt impoverished communities, it encourages poverty and government dependency. There are many social, economic, and political factors that play into this phenomena and it is hard to…

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    State versus Federal Government In the United States, there are two types of laws: state laws and federal laws. While many different states have different opinions on how their local governments should be run, they all follow federal laws. For example, in New York, you must be 21 years old if you want to buy cigarettes in Suffolk County. But in Onondaga, you only have to be 19. But that’s a state law only. The federal law on the other hand states that you must be at least 18 years old to…

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    Custom House History

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    Fort Amsterdam used to be located. The federal government used to rent buildings which were previously constructed (New York Architecture). “In the early 19th century, however, the federal government began expanding and constructing…

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    Social Power Analysis

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    branches of government: national and state government. National government deals with national issues, foreign policy, and requires an army, and state government deals with laws regulations that are specific to each state. While the responsibilities of each side of government may differ, both are split between three branches which have separate powers. The legislative branch, which is made up of the Senate and the House of representatives, has the power to make federal laws. The executive branch…

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    State Versus FDA Regulation of Medical Marijuana There was a consensus amongst the interviewees that there is need for regulation of marijuana as medicine, whether that regulation be at the state or federal level—through the FDA—is where the conversations departed. While several of the interviewees discussed the pros and cons of state versus FDA regulation, listing advantages and disadvantages of one or the other, only three of the interviewees expressed a definite “yes” that marijuana as…

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    Our society continuously evaluates the balancing of powers between the state government and the federal government. It is important in a democracy for the powers to be equally distributed, for if one person in the government takes total control, it would no longer be a democracy. A government with too much power isn’t a good thing, for the society itself would change. One of the main things that helps our society balance the powers between the governments are the three divisions of government.…

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