WEEK TWO
This week, while you finalize your decisions about community partner projects…
· Read and reflect on Chapter 2, Federalism & the States. How do state and local governments differ from the Federal government? Why do we have them? What kinds of authority is left to the states v the Federal government? Why do both the state and Federal levels of government sometimes fall short? Write a blog entry answering these questions.
This turns out to be a great time in the history of our nation to be asking these questions. We’ve seen the integrity of states – their ability to conduct elections, for example – called into question. We’ve also seen, over the past several years, some major decisions in which power devolved from the Federal government to the states – gay marriage, and legalization of marijuana are two areas of the law in which states have led and the Feds have either followed or gotten out of the way. In your blog entry, reflect on any areas of conflict or collaboration you’re familiar with between state and Federal levels of government over the past several years.
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