Not only does the federal system in America allow the government to act upon the needs of the nation, but it limits the possibility of control of the government by a particular faction and provides a safeguard against the"tyranny of the majority." ... It sets up the separation of powers, checks and balances, and the relationships between state and federal governments. ... If the Bank, an entity of the federal government, could be taxed out of existence by the states it would be a breach of Article VI, one of the fundamental principles of the Constitution; the supremacy of the national govern...

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The federal government regulates drugs through the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) (21 U.S.C. ... The federal government places every controlled substance in a schedule, in principle according to its relative potential for abuse and medicinal value. Under the CSA, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, which means that the federal government views marijuana as highly addictive and having no medical value. ... Although the federal government may use its power of the purse to encourage states to adopt certain criminal laws, the federal government is limited in its ability to directly in...

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Since the establishment of the federal government, a large number and wide variety of executive branch agencies have been created to establish their power bases relative to the legislative branch, judicial branch, and other parts of the executive branch of government. ... It combined 22 federal agencies with an initial budget of $37.5 billion and a work force of almost 170,000 federal employees. ... One benefit of power controls is maintaining a balance of powers in the government. ... Another benefit is increasing federal agencies" responsiveness. However, excessive controls of bureaucr...

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Tax on Cheese Justiciability Under Article II of the US Constitution, in order for a case to be justiciable in federal court, a matter must present actual case or controversy brought by a person who has standing (facing personal injury), ripeness (denial would result in immediate permanent harm) and not moot ( not already resolved with finality by other means). ... The Named Defendants Under the 11th amendment, an individual cannot sue a state in federal court. However, individuals can sue subdivisions of state (cities, counties, districts) in federal court. ... Here the action is in federal...

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They argue that the new provisions, which are referred to as H.B. 56, "conflict with federal immigration law and undermine the federal government's careful balance of immigration enforcement priorities and objectives. While the federal government values state assistance and cooperation with respect to immigration enforcement, a state cannot set its own immigration policy, much less pass laws that conflict with federal enforcement of the immigration laws." ... Also similar to Alabama, opponents of the law argue that immigration is a matter to be dealt with by the federal government. Supp...

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At the time the Constitution was written, education wasn't considered a function of local government. ... States are required to continue with providing programs even without federal funds, so most states are encouraged to accept the funding and construct their educational teaching around the rules given by the federal government. ... Creating this Act has greatly expanded the federal government's role in education, making it much more difficult to abolish the Department of Education. ... So in other words, the federal government collects money from the citizens of a state, the...

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Presidential candidates get part of their money from private donors and part from the federal government; congressional candidates get all of their money from private sources. ... The government will provide matching funds for all monies raised from individual donors who contribute no more than $250. ... The government also gives a lump-sum grant to each political party to help pay the costs of its nominating convention. In the general election the government pays all the costs of each candidate up to a limit set by law (which in 1996 that limit was $61.8 million for each major candidate an...

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Without doubt, the most obvious intention of the Separation of Powers is to provide a checking, restraining, controlling influence on Government. ... However, as important is its purpose in creating a good, competent government, with the people's consent. ... From the Framers" Point of view, they were intending to create a system that would encourage Federal Government. The effect is a division of Labour, promoting effective and efficient government. ... Therefore the system is not designed to restrain or make government sclerotic. ...

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However, today the big government has grown to encompass all three levels of government namely federal, state and local. Earlier, the antifederalists fussed over how vast the federal government might become someday. ... The Court began to permit the Federal Government to regulate almost any kind of commerce. ... Federal aid has become so important for state and local governments that Washington was on its way to controlling other levels of government. ... (American Government , Page number 66) "Also, the constitution confers certain powers to both the Federal Government and State Governments. ...

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Examples of federal governments in this century include the U.S., Nigeria, Brazil, and Germany. ... For instance, countries with federal governments are more powerful and united. ... There were several issues raised by Brutus opposing the federal government. For instance, Brutus was not comfortable with the amount of power the federal government was endowing on a few selected individuals. ... Thus, he discouraged the formation of a federal government (Siemers, 2003). ...

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The separation of powers divided the federal government into three distinct branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. ... This system creates a balance throughout all of the branches within the federal government. ... This tenet addresses the monetary powers of the federal government, as well as regulating court systems. ... These delegated powers were only granted to the federal government. Federalism also reserves some powers to the state government; federal and state officials can regulate all elections, court systems, and other aspects. ...

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The Secretary of Defense is saying, "to provide for the common defense" the federal government can conduct the experiment at Maxwell AFB, which is federal property. The state of Alabama says that the federal government cannot conduct those experiments at Maxwell because it violates the state law. ... Those who represent the federal government would say that the benefits of experiments are clear and substantial. ... Maryland (1819) when the federal government had established a bank in Maryland and the state tried to tax it. Because the Constitution gave Congress the power to coin mone...

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Sometimes the Federal Government has to step up to the plate and mandate some laws and take some action but once they do is there any way to turn back from them? ... It was not until the 1970's when the government intervened and took away the regulation of speed on the nation's highways from the State Highway Departments. This was mainly done in an attempt to conserve energy by mandating a federal speed limit maximum of 55mph. ... As is so often with federal initiatives, the ephemeral experiment became the permanent policy, and the national speed limit was made indefinite in 1975 (Cs...

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Between 1780-1789, there were issues about the federal government and the states under the Articles of Confederation. Two of these issues happened to be the foreign affairs between Britain and the United States, and the economy of the federal government. ... This meant Congress did not have enough money to run a government or pay its bills. ... Foreign countries refused to work commercial agreements with the federal government, since it was not able to enforce them. ... This meant that absolutely no central training or uniformed army could be operated by one certain government, but on the c...

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United States federal courts began to recognize a link between sexual harassment and job discrimination in 1976. ... Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 bans gender discrimination "and therefore sexual harassment "in any educational program funded by the federal government. ... Federal and provincial laws prohibit sex discrimination throughout Canada. ...

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Edward Snowden released over 200,000 documents that showed exactly what the government is up to. ... Since the Patriot act the Government ceased public immigration hearings and also withheld "sensitive information" by either removing the information from government web sites or just not informing the public. ... The government can prosecute librarians or keepers of any other records if they tell anyone the government subpoenaed information related to a terror investigation; this directly attack our freedom of speech. ... In order to combat terrorists the government can monitor conver...

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The United States is a government of enumerated powers. Congress, and the other two branches of the federal government, can only exercise those powers given in the Constitution. ... Has the design for government persisted over the years as the Founding Fathers have originally intended? ... Instead, federal agents charged him with violating the 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act, and the state charges were dropped. ... Lopez appealed his conviction through the federal court system. ...

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Congress could not enforce sanctions against the states for any of the decisions it made, executive and judicial branches were weaker than the state legislature, there were no provisions for president, there were no Federal courts, and the Articles themselves were nearly impossible to change or amend. ... Maryland, where state law was deemed invalid if it conflicted with a federal law. ... The concept that powers should also be reserved to the states lingered, however, and recent years have revived the interest in limiting federal power. ... Also, the distinction between the powers of th...

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Milkis also argues that the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt changed the constitutional balance that existed and supported by political parties since the time of Madison and Jackson after it created a federal government powerful and independent enough to run a welfare state. ... This philosophy was followed by Jackson's decision to strip away many powers of the federal government as exemplified by the dismantling of the Bank of the United States (26). ... This ardent defense was demonstrated in 1832 after South Carolina declared a new tariff law "null and void" and threatened t...

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Shay's Rebellion vividly illustrated the effects of a weak government. ... Two plans emerged for the structure of the new government: the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. ... The constitution also neglected to define the relationship between state and federal government. ... Maryland, the courts under Marshall argued that the power granted to the federal government came from the people though the Constitution did not explicitly give Congress the power to create a bank, Congress could do so under the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution. ... In his ruling Marshall hel...

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As I take a look at the incredibly large and complex organization that is our government, I realize how different the government has become since the days it was created. There is no way that the founding fathers could have predicted how our government and entire nation would grow over the past 225 years. If Jefferson or Washington were to see the immense size and influence of our government, they would be completely blown away. ... The progression of our government has been truly remarkable. ... With over 2.8 million federal workers in the executive branch, they must wonder how so many e...

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At that time rebellions were sparked by the idea the by chance the new state governments were a potential threat to their liberty. ... In the fries rebellion the militia which was part of the federal government but when the taxes rose the Dutch farmers became angry and the militia once controlled by the Federal government was turned against the local government. ... The anti-Federalist believed that every individual should be allowed to carry their own firearm in the case that if they were attacked they could be quick to defend themselves rather than have to wait for a long time for the federa...

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The states could not tax the federal government because it went against the constitution. ... In the same year, the case between Dartmouth College and Woodward also contributed to the strengthening of the federal government and economy. ... Another court case that helped with improving the strength of the federal government was the case Gibbons vs Ogden. ... Also the state government created and enforced laws disagreeing with federal laws. ... The decision of the court strengthened the role of the government and laid the foundation of the nation's economy because it gave the federal gove...

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Furthermore, they institutionalized systems of local government, and public education . ... The Confederation Government, under the Articles, lacked an executive and judicial branch. ... These farmers pleaded with their state governments for help, but in most cases states refused to interfere, in one case in particular, these angered mobs of farmers rebelled against the government. ... In article 1, section 8, they empowered congress to regulate trade among states, raise revenue through taxation, coin national money, discontinue state coining, and enforce federal laws and treaties . The Consti...

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As a result, the introduction of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was the beginning of the three-tiered Federal Court system and establishment of the US Supreme Court as head of the judicial branch of government. ... Maryland does not think the federal government has a right to pass legislation that overrules a state law. ... He agrees that the problem is serious and needs a peacefully outcome based on the words of the US Constitution to prevent hostility between the state and federal government. ... Even simply put Maryland says, "We've already made a law that says we can tax your bank, and ...

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