For example, national government power has expanded over state power through Supreme Court decisions, constitutional amendments, executive orders, and federal statutes. ... Each state is guaranteed two members in the Senate, each state according to Article IV has a republican form of government, and limits on states (Article I) to deal with foreign countries, and they could not coin money or tax imports or exports (O'Connor, 1993, 66). ... New York, the Court ruled that the protections of the 1st Amendment apply against actions by state governments. ...

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According to Article IV Section I of the U.S. ... The constitution itself separates state from church in The First Amendment, which states " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. " Yet only 52% of U.S population claims to be Christian of any denomination. ...

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This remedy was the Tenth Amendment which states: "The powers not delegated to the United Stated by the Constitution, nor provided by the States, are reserved to the States respectfully, or to the people." ...

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