KIN 3502 Chapter : CH1 3502
15 Mar 2019
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Definition - at least two separate governments share responsibility for governing the same people and territory. Some lean more towards state power, and some more toward national government power. We can think of federalism as a continuum: Bill of rights protects individuals from bad actions of the national government, not the state governments. National government has powers to promote commerce- coining money, building post offices, roads, railroads, protecting inventions with patents. - states have the coercive powers- to define and maintain public order through laws and regulations. These include criminal codes, health and safety codes, marriage and divorce laws, the power to define private property, etc. Clearly the above description does not describe our federal system today - the national government has gained a great deal of power at the expense of the states. We will look at one of the ways this relationship has changed:
