to prevent the abuse of power by any level of government
Federalism and the federal system define the basic structure of American government. There were many disagreements at the Constitutional Convention. Many delegates feared a national government that was too strong and many delegates feared that states' rights would merely continue the weak form of government under the Articles. The Constitution created a federal system of government (federalism) as a compromise. Under federalism, power is shared and divided between national and state governments. Both levels have their own agencies and officials and directly affect the people. The Founding Fathers really had no other choice except federalism. The weak union created under the Articles would not work yet people did not want to give all the power to a national government. Federalism was the middle ground--compromise--a way to distribute authority between the states and the national government.
It was a sort of "united we stand, divided we fall" concept; the original 13 colonies which united to form the United States of America each felt that they were too small individually to survive an attack from a European power or even a colony of a European power. Federalism created the necessary unity.
The constitution calls for the President to elected by electors from the states. It allows the state legislatures to decide how to choose its electors. Probably most of the framers expected the legislatures to elect the electors rather than holding a popular election to choose them.
Federalism divides power between the state and national governments. The separation of powers ensures that in both state and national government each branch of government is responsible for certain things and each branch of government balances each other.
federalism is the best form in a country like india. here the power is divided into many sectors which make the rule easier.
When the Framers read the works of John Locke and Baron De Montesquieu they agreed with Locke about the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (although Locke wrote property instead of pursuit of happiness) and they agreed with Montesquieu about the separation of powers into three branches (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial).
The Constitution establishes a federal democratic republic form of government. That is, we have an indivisible union of 50 sovereign States. It is a democracy because people govern themselves. It is representative because people choose elected officials by free and secret ballot.
The framers of the Constitution chose Federalism because they wanted both the Federal and State governments to have power. They wanted to ensure that no one group had all of the power.
The framers choose federalism as their model as it seemed to suit most people. This was seen as the ideal structure that was able to balance freedom and order.
to prevent the abuse of power by any level of government
The constitution calls for the President to elected by electors from the states. It allows the state legislatures to decide how to choose its electors. Probably most of the framers expected the legislatures to elect the electors rather than holding a popular election to choose them.
The Framers knew the direct and pure form of democracy and they feared that the emotional decisions taken by the populace; which is called unrestricted Majority Rule; may violate the individual rights. Therefore they chose the republic form of government in which the people choose individuals to represent them and transform their will into rational and reasonable decisions. after many amendment in the US constitution the government became a democratic republic.. or what we can call "representative or liberal democracy".A republic as opposed to a pure democracy
The framers were able to bypass congress and state legislature in the process of ratifying the new constitution because there are two methods of ratifying and they choose the one that bypasses congress. All they had to do is have the people vote on ratification and get a majority vote.
Federalism is the type of government where responsibilities are shared between the federal government and the states/regional governments. The Constitution, in Article VI, states that federal law is the "supreme law of the land". It is known as the supremacy clause. For a class of laws that afford more rights to citizens, then state laws may prevail if they do not contradict the constitution.
Federalism is the type of government where responsibilities are shared between the federal government and the states/regional governments. The Constitution, in Article VI, states that federal law is the "supreme law of the land". It is known as the supremacy clause. For a class of laws that afford more rights to citizens, then state laws may prevail if they do not contradict the constitution.
Federalism is the type of government where responsibilities are shared between the federal government and the states/regional governments. The Constitution, in Article VI, states that federal law is the "supreme law of the land". It is known as the supremacy clause. For a class of laws that afford more rights to citizens, then state laws may prevail if they do not contradict the constitution.
Federalism is the type of government where responsibilities are shared between the federal government and the states/regional governments. The Constitution, in Article VI, states that federal law is the "supreme law of the land". It is known as the supremacy clause. For a class of laws that afford more rights to citizens, then state laws may prevail if they do not contradict the constitution.
Federalism is the type of government where responsibilities are shared between the federal government and the states/regional governments. The Constitution, in Article VI, states that federal law is the "supreme law of the land". It is known as the supremacy clause. For a class of laws that afford more rights to citizens, then state laws may prevail if they do not contradict the constitution.
Federalism divides power between the state and national governments. The separation of powers ensures that in both state and national government each branch of government is responsible for certain things and each branch of government balances each other.