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Yes, states decide the laws concerning drinking and the selling of liquor .
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What is the difference between a national government and a state government?
National government deals with the entire nation; for example, what is the legal voting or drinking age. State government does the same thing, but on the state level; for example, at what age can a teenager receive a driver's permit. State laws cannot contradict national laws; for example, the state could not say that the legal drinking age was 15, because the national law has set it at 21.
The fact that the federal government was able to get the states to adopt a uniform drinking age is an example of the?
This is an example of the ability of the national government to use its funding authority to achieve indirectly what it cannot achieve directly.
What is an example of a non constitutional law?
drinking age
When was the drinking age 18 in the US?
1982-1987
What is a system of a government where the people decide what happens?
Legislation
What is a confederal structure of government?
This is where the state power is more then the central power... For Example: States can decide speed limit and Central controls drinking age... If it were a confederal government then each state would have more power to choose the legal drinking age
How old is the legal drinking age in Antarctica?
The legal drinking age for anyone living and working temporarily in Antarctica is determined by the government that supports the research station where the worker works. If there is no federal guideline -- and there may not be -- the station manager may decide on a legal drinking age.
When is the legal drinking age in England changing?
probably after they decide to move the driving age to 21, as they are planning on doing.
Who can change the drinking age?
the government....probably, unless you try! :P
Why did the government make legel drinking age 21?
becuzz they are a holes?
That the federal government has the right to establish a national drinking age?
They have more power than the state government
Is your drinking age dependent upon federal government or the state?
Who are you referring to with the use of "your"? Many countries have a single government and are not federated. Some do, and in these cases each state decides for itself within limits set by the federal government. In all others, drinking age is set by the single government.
What was the drinking age in nys in 1969?
In 1969, the legal drinking age in New York State was 18 years old. It wasn't until the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 that all states were required to raise their drinking age to 21.
When was the drinking age raised in Australia?
The U.S. Government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act on July 17, 1984. This did not change the drinking age. However, it forced the individual states to establish the minimum drinking age as 21 or lose 10% of their federal highway funding.
Why are they lowering the drinking age to 18?
They are not lowering the drinking age to 18. The minimum purchase and drinking age is a state law. Each individual U.S. state establishes by law the minimum age at which an individual may purchase alcoholic beverages. The U.S. Government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act on July 17, 1984. This did not change the drinking age. However, it forced the individual states to establish the minimum drinking age as 21 or lose 10% of their federal highway funding. The minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
What are mandates?
A mandate is when the federal government forces that states to comply to something they want done. For example: When the federal government wanted to raise the drinking age to 21 years old there was a state (Michigan i think) that refused. The government then said that they would not give them the money to pay for a project they needed to complete, but the state said they did not care, they would not raise the drinking age. then the government said they did not care what the state thought, they would have to raise the drinking age, no matter what.
Who can lower the drinking age?
The minimum purchase and drinking age is a state law. Each individual U.S. state establishes by law the minimum age at which an individual may purchase alcoholic beverages. The U.S. Government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act on July 17, 1984. This did not change the drinking age. However, it forced the individual states to establish the minimum drinking age as 21 or lose 10% of their federal highway funding.
