This system creates a balance throughout all of the branches within the federal government. ... With their lack of monetary stability, Congress relied on the states to pay the federal debt. ... 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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By giving certain powers to the national government, they were resolute to reserve all other rights to the states. ... The co federal system lent too much power to the states, leaving the national government not capable. ... That system worked in parallel with a federal republic. Except for the Civil War, the Constitution's federal system has kept a balance of power and authority between the state and national level. ... Therefore, by allocating power to the states, the Federal system allows efficient and practical response to the people. ...

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The federal system was designed by the Framers of the Constitution to ensure democracy and liberty throughout a sparsely populated and well-distributed nation. By giving certain enumerated (and implied) powers to the national government, they were resolute to reserve all other rights to the states. ... That system worked in parallel with a federal republic. Except for the Civil War, the Constitution's federal system has kept a balance of power and authority between the state and national level. ... Therefore, by allocating power to the states, the Federal system allows efficient and pr...

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Congress changed a few points to reserve states rights. ... There was no federal army; instead the nation depended on the state militias for defense in the event of war. ... It set up three federal branches of government to help separate the power. ...

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Lastly, Jefferson claims that leaving the right to establish a bank to the federal government is a monopoly. Speaking for those who believed in states' rights, Jefferson argued that the Constitution expressly enumerates all the powers belonging to the federal government and reserves all other powers to the states. ... He refers to page 3 of the bill and states that, "the only general convenience would be the preventing the transportation and re-transportation of money between the States and the Federal treasury....

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The Constitution clearly states its principle of federalism by stating that powers not granted to the federal government nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution of the United States are reserved to the states or the people. ... Virginia which struck down Virginia's interracial marriage ban but the Minnesota Supreme Court famed Loving, concluding "in commonsense and in a constitutional sense, there is a clear distinction between a marital restriction based merely on race and one based upon the fundamental difference in sex" (Baker v.Nelson [1971]) Therefore, the court refused...

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