Tag: Federalism

 Is Elazar’s model of federalism the best model that we have reviewed so far in upholding a Christian worldview? If you agree, provide at least three reasons from scripture (or from the framers’ views on federalism, human nature, and limited government) with support for each reason.

Book Review

Write a book review for Exploring Federalism by Daniel Elazar that addresses and answers the following questions:

How does Elazar’s model of federalism compare to other leading models we have encountered in the course thus far?

Is Elazar’s model of federalism the best model that we have reviewed so far in upholding a Christian worldview? If you agree, provide at least three reasons from scripture (or from the framers’ views on federalism, human nature, and limited government) with support for each reason.

If you were a member of the U. S. Supreme Court would you rule for South Dakota or the United States government? And why?

PLSC 2306 Assignment 4
Federalism-a South Dakota case

South Dakota’s legal drinking age was 19 years old. Young people from neighboring states with higher drinking ages would drive to South Dakota to buy beer. Selling beer was also profitable for small businesses so that there were many business supporters of the current state drinking age.

Congress then passed a law requiring all states wanting money from the United States government to help take care of their portions of interstates to raise their drinking ages to 21. If states did not raise their drinking ages, they would lose five (5) percent of their federal highway funding.

The U. S. Government argued that different drinking ages across states created an “incentive to drink and drive,” creating danger on the nation’s interstate highways.
Congress is charged with promoting the general welfare of the country, which in this case means uniform state drinking laws.

States are not forced to take federal money or to obey this law. This federal law was simply to encourage all states to raise their drinking ages.

If you were a member of the U. S. Supreme Court would you rule for South Dakota or the United States government? And why?

 

Identify an issue that involves federalism, then conduct research on how both the US federal government and Texas state government addressing it (this requires examining the history, application and effectiveness of laws at both levels).

 Joint law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking

Identify an issue that involves federalism, then conduct research on how both the US federal government and Texas state government addressing it (this requires examining the history, application and effectiveness of laws at both levels).

What are the major issues facing each level of government?

What are the reasons for initiating changes to the policy?

What are the options to be considered (discuss several)?

What are the pros and cons of each potential reform (costs v. benefits)?

Which is the best option moving forward (pick one)?

Discuss State and Local Politics. What is the role of state and local governments? Who has the power? What are some of the influences on state and local governments? What role do local media and other organizations play? What are some challenges faced by state and local governments?

State and Local Government

Discuss Federalism. What is federalism? What are some types of federalism? What are advantages and disadvantages of federalism? What are some alternatives to federalism? What is the relationship between the federal government and the states under federalism? How has that relationship evolved over time?

Discuss Financing State and Local Governments. What are some methods used by state and local governments to pay for services? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these funding sources? Why is funding more challenging for state and local governments than it is for the federal government? What are the major expenditures of state and local governments? Why do some of these expenditures make funding more challenging for state and local governments?

Discuss State and Local Politics. What is the role of state and local governments? Who has the power? What are some of the influences on state and local governments? What role do local media and other organizations play? What are some challenges faced by state and local governments?

Discuss Parties and Elections in the States. How do state and local governments regulate elections? What are some differences in how people vote? What are some differences in the nomination process? What is the role of political parties in state and local elections? What is the role of political parties in state government? What are some examples of one-party and two-party states?

Discuss parts of Affordable Care Act that demonstrate how federalism impacts the law and what challenges federalism presents.Explain why these things are federalism challenges by discussing the power of the federal government to do them or actions taken by states.

Federalism

Define Federalism.

Discuss parts of Affordable Care Act that demonstrate how federalism impacts the law and what challenges federalism presents.

Explain why these things are federalism challenges by discussing the power of the federal government to do them or actions taken by states.