Federalism
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DEFINING FEDERALISM
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WHAT IS FEDERALISM?
☆ A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same level of people
★ It's a system of shared power between units of government
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ONLY 11 OUT OF 190 NATIONS HAVE A FEDERALIST SYSTEM
★ Countries that are larger in size and population usually have federal systems (China and Indonesia don't)
☆ A nation's diversity also plays a role in federalist systems
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☆ Most federalist systems are democracies
★ Intergovernmental relations: the entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments
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FEDERALISM:
★ Decentralizes our politics
☆ Allows more opportunities for political participation
★ Enhances judicial power by resolving federal matters
☆ Desensitizes our policies
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☆ Federalism is a very important key of the American political system
★ Senators are elected as representatives of individual states
☆ The people can make it a federal issue by claiming a state's law is unconstitutional
★ The judicial branch holds a lot of power for decisions
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☆ States are responsible for social, family, and moral issues
★States are Unitarian governments with respect to their local governments
☆States receive authority from the Constitution, not the national government
★ The Constitution protects rights for states to decide marriage, drinking ages, and divorce or speed laws
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