State governments cannot:
- Print money
- Declare war
- Raise an army or navy
- Establish treaties with foreign powers
- Regulate their own commerce between other states and other countries
- Create post offices and postage
- Create laws that enforce the Constitution
These are all powers that are expressly given to the federal government.
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In the United States, States, when the US Constitution was ratified made sure that the Federal government would not "over power" the rights of State governments. To insure this they clearly laid out the powers of the Federal government in the Constitution. As an example, all powers not granted to the Federal government were left to each State.
With that said, the States empowered the Federal government to exclusively have the right to make treaties and tariffs. Also to declare war. What the States cannot due is pass laws that are unconstitutional, such as tariffs on imports or to make separate treaties with foreign government.
State governments cannot:
- Print money
- Declare war
- Raise an army or navy
- Establish treaties with foreign powers
- Regulate their own commerce between other states and other countries
- Create post offices and postage
- Create laws that enforce the Constitution
These are all powers that are expressly given to the federal government.
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Reserved powers are powers denied to the national government. Reserved powers are also not denied to the states. These types of reserved powers are referred to as police power of the state.
Yes, federalism is a vertical division of power. Federalism states that power is shared by the federal and state government. Vertical divisions of power divide power between levels of government, such as the states and the federal government.
Concurrent;
By dividing government into branches and sounding state and federal government.
States shared power with government