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That the federal government has the right to establish a national drinking age?
They have more power than the state government
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.
If a state would refuse a federal law what would happen?
The federal government can send in the military. In 1963 the Alabama National Guard was federalized to ensure desegragation at the University of Alabama.If it is not a federal law then there are other ways the federal government can apply pressure to the state law. For example states have the right to determine the drinking age; however, as part of a road funding act the federal government can withhold money for roads in states were the drinking age is not twenty-one.
When should it be ok for a state government to overrule the federal government?
It isn’t ok for state government to overrule a federal government. The federal is above the state.
Under federalism which level of government has concurrent powers?
Both state and federal government
why federal or state government checkmate the local government?
federal government
Is the drinking age a state or federal law?
The Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 was a federal law that boosted the drinking age from 18 to 21.
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.
What is states had the power to ignore a federal tax law they did not like?
The federal government uses tax laws and funding to force the states to act in certain ways (drinking), if each state could ignore what the federal government says they would be eliminating its power.
Does the term US government refer to state government or federal government?
It refers to federal government.
What level of government can tax citizens?
federal and state.
Who had to share the power to govern under the federal system?
The national government and the state government.
