Report on Federalism- Federal State Relation
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Running head: FEDERALISM 1FederalismName:Institution:Date:
FEDERALISM 2FederalismThe federal-state relation has shifted more and more towards national supremacy for almost 200 years now. Certain enumerated powers are delegated to the federal government, while all other powers which are not prohibited by the constitution are reserved to the states. Over the past 20 years, some observers believe that the balance of power is tilting back towards the states. In recent years, the powers of the federal government were limited in favor of the states by the Supreme Court[ CITATION Dav17 \l 1033 ]. Today, there is division amongst the Americans about which laws should be federal and which to reserve for the states. For instance, there is no national drinking age, therefore; some states' legal drinking age is 18 years while others it is 21 years [ CITATION Jam17 \l 1033 ]. For the last 30 years, most of the country's public policy innovations such as novel education reform, inventive health policy, and energy legislation have been initiated by the state governments. More than 90% of K – 12 education funding is provided by the state and local government while the federal government through its smaller funding has an effective way of nationalizing goals[ CITATION MJC13 \l 1033 ]. U.S. Federal government influence over the statesStates have been turned by the federal governments into the instruments of federal policy. It influences directly what happens in the states as it is an agent which distributes resources and funds in form of grants to the states. The federal government uses grants as incentives to make the state's laws what they want since they can't make the states change their laws. Federal government accomplishes things all Americans want, programs like Medicaid, Clean Air Act, federal highway system and Common Core in the short run[ CITATION Rya16 \l 1033 ]. But these programs turn states often against their will into mere federal government field offices creating a
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