The roots of the federal system and the constitutions allocations can be traced back to the creation of our constitution in 1787. Our constitution was made because of a lack of national government power after the Revolutionary war. States had become individually more powerful than the national government at the time and we soon realized that the Articles of Confederation wasn't going to work. We also knew for a fact that we did not want a unitary system like Britain so the decision was made to have a federal system. A system in which state and national government power was shared and the people of America had an affect on those powers. Enumerated powers would solely be for the national government while reserved powers would be solely for the states. Shared powers between the two are known as concurrent powers. One example of a concurrent power would be the power to tax at the state and national level. There are also powers denied to both which included the 'ex post facto' laws that stated the creation of laws that make an act punishable as a crime even if it was legal when it was committed, would not be allowed. The Framers of the Constitution decided that new laws could be put into place and old ones could be revised. For example in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution it states that Congress has the right to make laws they believe are necessary and proper in order to keep our government working and the people of America free. The Framers also decided that national government laws would overrule state laws.
The roots of the federal system and the constitutions allocations can be traced back to the creation of our constitution in 1787. Our constitution was made because of a lack of national government power after the Revolutionary war. States had become individually more powerful than the national government at the time and we soon realized that the Articles of Confederation wasn't going to work. We also knew for a fact that we did not want a unitary system like Britain so the decision was made to have a federal system. A system in which state and national government power was shared and the people of America had an affect on those powers.
ReplyDeleteEnumerated powers would solely be for the national government while reserved powers would be solely for the states. Shared powers between the two are known as concurrent powers. One example of a concurrent power would be the power to tax at the state and national level. There are also powers denied to both which included the 'ex post facto' laws that stated the creation of laws that make an act punishable as a crime even if it was legal when it was committed, would not be allowed.
The Framers of the Constitution decided that new laws could be put into place and old ones could be revised. For example in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution it states that Congress has the right to make laws they believe are necessary and proper in order to keep our government working and the people of America free. The Framers also decided that national government laws would overrule state laws.