Federalism

This is the basis of federalism. The political framework guaranteeing this exercise of personal liberty and responsibility and the proper checks and balances between state and federal governments already exists. The Constitution, established by the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, delineated the "few and defined" powers of the federal government. The Bill of Rights, adopted on March 4, 1789, enumerated the rights of the people and the powers residing in the states. Many observers, however, wonder whether the federal government has not indeed crossed the line, and are scrutinizing the relationship between the government in Washington, D.C., and their own local and state governments to make sure the checks and balances still apply (Brownson, 1972, pp. 4-12).

One of the leading principals of the 1994 Contract With America, for example, was to alter the terms of the national d

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