Compare And Contrast Federalism Vs State Rights

National versus. State Rights Not only does the United States have a federal government in Washington, DC, but each of the fifty states has its own governments. According to the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, all rights are not only granted to the nationalist government. In other words, our Federalist system includes both National and States Rights in federalism. Each kind of government has its own significant place in the American political system. Under the U.S. Constitution, the powers of national governerment are enumerated specifically and some powers are handed over to states. Federal powers work on issues like civil rights, enviromental protection and public safety. Besides that, it is also necessary for States
To be specific, National powers, which are also called enumerated powers, include "maneging the currency and money supply, conducting foreign relations, raising an army and navy, declaring and conducting war and by extension, providing national defense, establishing a federal court system to supplement the Supreme Court, regulating interstate commerce, establishing a postal system, establishing a system patents and copyrights and finally making laws that are necessary and proper to carry out the foregoing powers." (Edward.) To illustrate this, under Article II, Section 8 of the Constitutionthe power to declare war belongs only to the national government, specifically granted to congress. As a consequence, nationalism is able to promote synergy of all states and take control nationally. Under nationalism, people are likely to have a feeling of belonging and pride towards one nation, one community. Undoubtedly, the more unified the nation is, the more powerful the nation
Constitution, providing public education, chartering banks, licensing professions, establishing a system of family law, taking measures for public health, safety, and morals, exercising powers that the Constitution does not specifically prohibit from the states, nor delegate to the national government, establishing local government and regulating commerce within the states." (Edward.) America is one of the largest and the most diverse countries in the world which is a combination of various types of religion, ethnicity, geography, language and history. For this reason, the needs, wants and conditions of fifty states are different from others. National laws sometimes can not be accommodated for every states. Futher more, State governments are likely to know better about their citizens, which helps them apply policies judiciously. As an illustration; the power to create a school system is only given to the state goverment. Then, because state governments have their own power, they are able to initiate and try out new ideas which might be work successfully and be adopted by another states. State governments impulse the creativity and their strengths. Likewise, the independence of state governments can reduce the risks of bad