Similarities Between The State And The Federal Government

The American system of politics, based on Federalism, distributes power, roles, and responsibilities between the federal government and the state government. Although these two governments are separate, they are unified because of the United States Constitution, the foundation of the laws and the governmental system. Nonetheless, the unity of the two governments has not curtailed the exorbitant number of cases filed in the Supreme Court ranging from gun control to physician-assisted deaths. The Supreme Court final verdict sets a precedent for future cases. As a result, the Supreme Court has a momentous effect in allocating authority between the state and the federal government.
Although, in most cases, the Supreme Court favors the federal government.

Like in the “National Labor Relations Board vs. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)” case, the Supreme Court granted the federal government authority, excuse, and flexibility to spend funds on their own accord. This case was not the first labor case that the Supreme Court favored the Federal government. Furthermore, the judicial branch along with other branches of government collaborate together to increase their authority in contrast to the state government. The “National Labor Relations Board vs. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)” case is a testament to the power of coercion that the federal government harbors. Other laws like legal drinking age which was supposed to be set by each individual state, in order to alter the legal drinking across the country, the federal government withheld monetary allocations to states that still had their drinking age at 18 years.