1. republican form of government -i.e.- states will be represented by elected representatives.
2. protection -i.e.- maintaining an active army/navy
3. territorial integrity -i.e.- keeping boarders of the states, and the nation as a whole, as they are.
It means that a state can limit the federal government to do only certian things. Kind of like you can only do certian things on a computer if your not an adminstratior.
The constitution gives the federal government certain powers. The federal government can ONLY exercise a power which is explicitly granted to it in the constitution. The Constitution also lists a few specific things that states are not allowed to do, presumably because the founders didn't want ANY level of government (state or federal) to be able to do it, or because they wanted it to be reserved exclusively to the federal government. The 10th Amendment says that all powers not expressly granted to the federal government, and not expressly prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people.
federalism is one of the main things that the branch has
According to the Bill of Rights, the States have as much power as the federal government, just over different things. Certain things are governed only by the states (marriage, education, etc) while other things can only be controlled by the federal government (coining money, going to war, etc). Hope this helps!
There is nothing guaranteed in public records.
read the constitutions & you will know
I know of three federal responsibilities to the states; Make sure that the states have republican governments, protect the states from violent actions, and respect states territories. Hope that helps a little. Jesus reigns :)
Federalism is defined as the division of power between the federal government and individual states, meaing the government handles certain things, and invidudal states handle others. One example of federalism would be the construction of roadways. States each build and maintain their own roadways with little oversight from the federal government.
They do this in order to keep everything in balance. An example would be that some states want to legalize marijuana but the federal funding for law enforcement was refused because they did not comply with federal law. The federal government can and does control the states.
All US States and protectorates (like Puerto Rico or Wash DC), are subject, or servient, to the Federal government. That is the idea of being a union of States. However, not all matters are controlled,or allowed to be determined, by the Federal government. Some things, and the list is very large, are determined by each of the States. There are State rights.
One of the things the Constitution guaranteed was the right to vote; so the people (united states citizens) could vote for who they wanted to run the government.
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