Benefits of the Federal System

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Although the power has shifted back and forth from stronger decentralized government to a dominant centralized government, the balance between the two has yet to fall completely. Thanks to the limitations the Founders installed into our Constitution, there has yet a time where the states or national government has the total power to control the nation as a whole. We call this type of government system as the federal system. In a federal system, there are different but separate levels of government who has their own powers. Furthermore, in order to ensure that the centralized government is not oppressing the states there are also limitations on certain national powers (McDaniel and Shaw, 2014). However, through the various Supreme Court controversial cases, we see that the Supreme Court is giving the states the choice to legalize or not laws such as same-sex marriage and gun control. Yet on the other hand, states have increasingly depended on the national government for funding various activities such as educational funds and national security funds (Kollman, 2013). Since states have to rely on the national government for the various funding, it seems as if the national government essentially has the upper hand over what the fifty states can and cannot do. This then leads to the question of whether or not the U.S. should consider abolishing the federal system and instead facilitate a more unified government to face the rising modern problems. In my opinion, I believe the U.S. should not abolish the federal system. Although our current system has quite a number of flaws, such as states’ rights versus national supremacy (as seen in Supreme Court cases like abortion and affirmative actions), I believe there are more benefits than dr... ... middle of paper ... ... such luxurious freedom, as does an American person. From the many benefits, I believe that the best government system that fits our current criteria is the federal system. Works Cited Desert Sands Unified School District. Advantages and disadvantages of federal, confederate and unitary systems of Government. http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Govt/Advantagesdisadvantages%20federal.htm Henslin, James M. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 11th Edition. New York: Pearson, 2012 Kollman, Kenneth. The American Political System. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013. McDaniel, Eric, and Daron Shaw. January 27, 2014 (8:30 a.m.), Lecture on Federalism. Shaw, Daron. January 15, 2014 (8:30 a.m.), Lecture on Articles of Confederation. Shaw, Daron. February 5, 2014 (8:30 a.m.), Lecture on Civil Rights. U.S. Constitutions, Article VI, Section 2.

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