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Luigi Marco Bassani has written: 'Dalla rivoluzione alla guerra civile' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Federal government, States' rights (American politics) 'Dalla rivoluzione alla guerra civile' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Federal government, States' rights (American politics)
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The federal government can't make the states change their laws, but they use grants as incentive for the states to make the states laws what the federal government wants. They offer grants for the roads for states to change the speed limit on highways to 65 mph.
Thomas P. Murphy has written: 'Pressures Upon Congress (Politics in Government)' 'The new politics Congress' -- subject(s): Political participation, Politics and government, United States, United States. Congress 'The politics of Congressional committees' -- subject(s): Committees, United States, United States. Congress 'Urban politics in the suburban era' -- subject(s): Metropolitan government, Suburbs 'Inside the bureaucracy' -- subject(s): Government executives 'Science, geopolitics, and Federal spending' -- subject(s): Federal aid to higher education, Finance, Geopolitics, Government Research and development contracts, Research
The federal government wields so influence over the states. This is the agent which distributes resources and funds to the states in form of grants which means that it will directly influence whatever happens in the states.
Donald W. Livingston has written: 'Rethinking the American union for the twenty-first century' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Federal government, States' rights (American politics), Republicanism, Secession, Philosophy, Nullification (States' rights)
federal grants not only supply funds,but, by stipulating how the grants are to be used, also influence the states in a number of ways. Grants supply funds for programs that states may not otherwise be able to afford. Grants also stimulate programs and goals that the federal government believes are nessary. Finally, grants set certain minimum standards in the states. for example, the federal government provides a minimum public welfare program.
As long as they have money, they have influence on the federal government. Their popularity is waning among the judiciary, but the legislature and executive branch are still pretty beholden to them, as is evidenced by the fact that cigarettes, although a known poison, are still legal in the United States.
The power-sharing between a central government and those of the individual states is a federal government.
Hamilton thought that it would give the states a strong interest in the success of the national government.
Absolutely! The Federal Government has done this many times.
The reserved powers are powers not specifically delegated to the federal government nor specifically denied to the states which the states are free to exercise within their appropriate spheres of influence.