The concept of Federalism is fundamental to the American system of governance - despite the fact that many Americans are probably only fleetingly acquainted with the term. The basis for our Federalist government lies in our history - in the transformation of the loosely knit and in many ways (to use a 21st-century term for an 18th-century phenomenon) dysfunctional country under the Articles of Confederation to a powerful and (mostly) united country that has existed under the rule of law and democracy for far longer than most republics in the history of our race.
Federalism is a system of governance in which two levels of government have authority over the sa
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