How does federalism work?

Answer 1

Yes, federalism still exist in many countries in the world like the United States. In the United States, the National Government handles all the national functions while the state government handles all the states functions.

Answer 2

Federalism is a dismal failure, and if one reads the Federalist papers it is hard to understand how the government being proposed in those pamphlets became the federal government it is today. The limited powers granted the Congress, the President and the Judicial branch were intended to instill a competitive nature where each branch jealously guards its own power while keeping the other branches in check. The idea was that Congress would deny the President and Judges any power outside of their jurisdiction, while the President would do the same to Congress and the Judicial branch, and finally Judges would keep both Congress and the President in check by upholding the supreme law of the land, the Constitution of the United States of America.

The Congress in session today knows the same power granted the Executive Branch by the creation of administrative agencies that enforce the laws they write. They further have found the power granted the judicial branch by creating kangaroo courts, such as a tax court, where the due process of law that is a right belonging to all people is denied because of statutory definitions and foolish granting of jurisdiction. The President pretends to be chief legislator by promising the people complex legislation that will ease their burdens, avoids the need for Congress' declaration of war by engaging in military actions or humanitarian aid and continually attempts to legislate through Executive Orders a mysterious power found by the Presidents of powers not granted by the Constitution. Judges act to make law by their rulings and where any doubt of facts should favor the defendant too often the judge will favor the government. Judges have done their very best to eradicate any notion of jury nullification from their courtrooms, and will insist that juries are not capable of understanding the law and must understand it the way the judge states it. All in all, each branch has colluded with the other branches to gain more power and the power they've gained is increasingly felt by the grip they hold over the people.

The proliferation of administrative agencies knows no Constitutional restraints in spite of the oath to uphold the Constitution, each employee of the agencies has taken. FEMA, the FBI, the CIA, the IRS, the FTA, the FCC, the CDC, the DEA, the SEC, the FDA and of course, HOMELAND SECURITY, are all government "authorities" who presume jurisdiction over the people based on the flimsiest of evidence. In the end it is rarely the "evidence" that gives them jurisdiction but rather the willful granting of jurisdiction by an individual so ignorant of the law, they surrender their rights and throw themselves at the mercy of the courts. To make things worse, specialists in the private sector such as lawyers and Accountants have insinuated themselves into the legal process hoodwinking people into believing that they are actually subject to laws that in all reality they probably weren't.

The whole idea of having a federal government was to make the union between the states strong and defensible, while serving as a protector of individual rights and the rights of the people. This is hardly the federal government we have today. Today we have a government that writes laws such as the patriot act which seek to reign in the liberty of people, we have a government that insists that parents can only be parents if the state approves, and if the state does not approve then the children will be confiscated and made wards of the state, in order to "save the children". The federal government will insist that popular referendum in repeal of prohibitive laws is trumped by federal law and will use it's allocation of federal monies as a bargaining tool in keeping the states in line. The idea of federalism was to form a more perfect union different from that of divine right or the whims of petty tyrants. Where is the success of that in today's federal government?

Answer 3

Federalism allows people living in different states with different needs and different interests to set policies suited to the people in their state, yet still come together with other states as one nation.

Answer 4

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