Dual Federalism

There have been many of the events that led to the change in the relationship between state and federal government. The relationship and authority of states and the federal government are governed by the U.S. Constitution. At first, states had the majority power, but over time federal government gained more control. Their relationship has changed over time because the federal government delegated certain enumerated powers while the state government reserved all the other powers by the Constitution. The constitution prohibited the national government from undertaking certain actions, such as imposing taxes on exports and from passing laws restraining certain things, like freedom of speech or religion. Most of these prohibited powers are listed in Article I, section 9, and in the first eight amendments of the constitution. The federal government power has increased where the relationship among the branches has changed as well. The division of power between the states and the federal government has shifted. Some of these changes have occurred in accordance with the amendment process described in Article V of the constitution. The Tenth Amendment gives to the states reserved powers, which means that any power not given to the federal government or denied to the states is reserved to the states. Some of these numerous powers given by the Tenth Amendment to the states, including the power to regulate commerce within their borders and the power to
Meaning that each government level separate from other where the two of them work in their own hemisphere without sharing roles and duties.

Cooperative Federalism: is a model of federalism in which the states and the federal government cooperate in solving problems. This type of federalism is often called “marble cake federalism” because it is based on a mix of state, national and local