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1POLITICAL SCIENCEOverview of Texas Perspective of Federalism and Its Relationship with the FederalGovernmentState sovereignty is Texas is interpreted as a tool to hinder the rights of minorities ofethnic and racial nature1. Federal government of Texas has grown strong in recent days andcitizens of Texas have started to believe that the state can perform better keeping in mind theachievements of individuals of Texas. People are concerned about the intimidating nature offederal government which is exercised over the state and its citizens. Texas has beenexperiencing a new form of federalism other than cooperative federalism known as CoerciveFederalism. In this type of federalism the federal government gives directions to the stategovernments to act on policies which the former has made2. These types of conflicts betweenstate and federal government are foreseen by the American Constitution makers who haveincluded the 10th Amendment in the Bill of Rights for its resolution. Texas also gets grants-in-aid from the federal government making it the source ofrevenue which is second largest in the list. This has allowed the state government to getfinancially strong. During the time of Great Recession, the federal government federal fundsaccounted for the 40% of states revenue3. There is a huge military base of U.S. in Texas whichadds to the funding of Texas and also provides infrastructure support which is an indirect benefitprovided by the federal government. These supportive elements have helped the state of Texas toexpand its revenue base.1 Abernathy, Scott F.American Government: Stories of a Nation. Cq Press, 2017.2 Bethea, Carlette C., and Zollie Stevenson Jr. "The State of Federal and State Accountability Systems That Support P-12 and Postsecondary Transition Services for English Learners with Disabilities."Transitioning Children with Disabilities. SensePublishers, Rotterdam, 2017. 59-75.3 Bowden, Randall, and Angela Portis-Woodson. "Teacher Induction Programs and Teacher Employment Retention:Uncovering the Relationship."Research Journal of Education3.1 (2017): 1-11.
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2POLITICAL SCIENCEIssue Overview Texas is determined to exercise its state powers granted by the American Constitutionagainst the coercive federalism exercised by the Federal government. There are rules of federalgovernment which is binding for the Texas State Government to comply with4. Federalgovernment of U.S. has a program called “Secure Communities” in which people who getarrested have to give their fingerprints which is scanned in the federal database for checking theircriminal records and immigration status5. Texas state government has declared that they will notcomply with these rules and will follow their own state procedures. One of the major rules ofsame sex marriages are to be implied by the Texas state opposing the federal law. A lawsuitrelated to the Voting Rights Act has been filed against the federal government which wasconcerned with the voter ID laws of the state6. It was deployed without federal approval that iswhy it came into cross hairs of law enforcement. Another lawsuit was filed against the federalhealth officials as they stopped funding for the program of Texas Woman Health. TheEnvironmental Protection agency which is a federal institution has fought many legal casesagainst the Texas government in order to make strict rules and regulations of environmentcompliance and the cases are still pending in the federal court7. These lawsuits and other bills areexample of forceful governance which targets the Texas state government to bend the knee butTexas is adamant in its stance and shows its power and competence provided to it by theAmerican Constitution. 4 Gibson Jr, L. Tucker, Clay Robison, and Joanne Connor Green.Government and Politics in the Lone Star State. Pearson, 2017.5 Lee, Jennifer, and Frances Deviney. "Economic issues for women in texas."Community quality-of-life indicators: Best cases VII. Springer International Publishing, 2017. 149-165.6 Levy, Brian L., and Denise L. Levy. "When love meets hate: The relationship between state policies on gay and lesbian rights and hate crime incidence."Social science research61 (2017): 142-159.7 Raji, Mukaila A., et al. "Impact of Laws Regulating Pain Clinics on Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Toxicity Among Texas Medicare Part D Beneficiaries."Journal of Pharmacy Technology33.2 (2017): 60-65.
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