Federalism In The United States

Federalism is the idea that in the United States, the governmental power is divided between the national government and the government of the individual states. It is also the check and balance of the federal and state government’s rights. The relationship of federalism changes over time as there are different concepts of federalism depending on the period of American history. There was dual federalism, cooperative federalism, regulated federalism, and also new federalism. From the beginning to the present, it is because of federalism that helped shape the American politics. If there are any political issue it can also be a federalism issue. One of the most major political issue in the United States are gun control laws, as there have been numerous mass shootings in the past years. As each state governments are different, there are different policies and laws based on gun control. Some states may have many more firearm restriction/ freedom than other states. However, because of its misuse of killing innocent lives, a debate sparks on whether or not gun control should be a state’s right issue or be under the power of the federal government. Since both the state and federal governments look at the regulation on selling firearms, they look at the

In the united States, the federal government has been pre-eminent in immigration policy. While the supreme court and the congress have granted the state governments to regulate the lives to immigrants. At first it was very difficult for immigrants as they had difficult times residing in the community, work, and their daily lives because of the restrictive legislative. Then in the later years the state governments started to pass more welcoming laws for the immigrants because of political matter. The federal power over immigration is plenty and exclusive while the role of the states must be significantly limited to ensure a uniform federal