associative federalism

Examples of associative federalism in the following topics:

• The Devolution Revolution

  • The term "devolution revolution" came from the Reagan ideology and is associated with New Federalism.
  • The primary objective of New Federalism, unlike that of the eighteenth-century political philosophy of Federalism, is the restoration to the states of some of the autonomy and power that they lost to the federal government as a consequence of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
  • Its proponents usually eschew the idea of states' rights because of its associations with Jim Crow laws and segregation.
  • Lopez), federal police powers (United States v.
  • Describe the set of practices that together comprised the "devolution revolution" associated with the New Federalism

• Banking Crises and Centralized Reserve Enforcements

  • One of the Federal Reserve's duties is to regulate financial institutions, such as bank-holding companies and state member banks.
  • The Federal Reserve supervises certain entities and has the statutory authority to take formal enforcement actions against them, including state member banks, bank holding companies, nonbank subsidiaries of bank holding companies, branches and agencies of foreign banking organizations operating in the United States and their parent banks, and officers, directors, employees, and certain other categories of individuals associated with the above banks, companies, and organizations.
  • If necessary, the Federal Reserve may take formal enforcement actions to compel the management and directors of a troubled banking organization, or persons associated with it, to address the organization's problems.
  • For example, if an institution has significant deficiencies or fails to comply with an informal action, the Federal Reserve may enter into a written agreement with the troubled institution or may issue a cease-and-desist order against the institution or against an individual associated with the institution, such as an officer or director.
  • Discuss the Federal Reserve's powers for enforcing actions due to violations

• The Judicial Branch

  • The United States federal courts make up the judiciary branch of federal government.
  • In the US federal court system, federal cases are tried in trial courts, known as the US district courts, followed by appellate courts and then the Supreme Court.
  • It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law.
  • The Court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate.
  • There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States district court.

• Federalism

  • Federalism in the United States is the evolving relationship between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States.
  • Federalism in the United States is the evolving relationship between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States.
  • Dual federalism is a theory of federal constitutional law in the United States according to which governmental power is divided into two separate spheres.
  • This became known as Cooperative Federalism.
  • New Federalism is sometimes called "states' rights", although its proponents usually eschew the latter term because of its associations with Jim Crow and segregation.

• Territorial Government

  • With the war over, the federal government focused on improving the governance of the territories.
  • Federal involvement in the territories was considerable.
  • Territorial citizens came to both decry federal power and local corruption, and at the same time, lament that more federal dollars were not sent their way.
  • "Territorial rings," corrupt associations of local politicians and business owners buttressed with federal patronage, embezzled from Indian tribes and local citizens, especially in the Dakota and New Mexico territories.
  • Summarize the level of federal involvement in the governance of the West

• Law, Pseudolaws, and By-Laws

  • By-laws: a statement of the terms on which and with whom a government is willing to enter into voluntary associations.
  • By-laws apply both to compound-voluntary and to public-voluntary associations.
  • By-laws applying to public associations include the Hickenlooper Amendment and the federal enactment producing the 65 (originally 55) miles per hour national speed limit.
  • It would merely have been a violation of a federal by-law.
  • But the states, sometimes with great reluctance, knuckled under unanimously—few local politicians were willing to climb off the federal gravy train.

• Medicaid and Medicare

  • Medicare is a national social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965.
  • As a social insurance program, Medicare spreads the financial risk associated with illness across society in order to protect everyone.
  • Federal Government spent $391,266,000,000 on Medicare.
  • Unlike Medicare, which is solely a federal program, Medicaid is a joint federal-state program.
  • The wealthiest states only receive a federal match of 50% while poorer states receive a larger match.

• Size of the Federal Bureaucracy

  • Over 16 million full-time workers now administer federal policy, including 1.9 million federal civilian workers, 1.5 million uniformed military personnel, and 850,000 postal workers.
  • State and local government workers are subject to federal mandates.
  • On average, they devote one-fourth of their work to carrying out federal directives.
  • Instead, federal employees have become professionals and managers.
  • New administrative titles like "assistant," "associate" and "deputy" were created to streamline and and supervise state and local workers as well as other bureacrats.

• The Marshall Court

  • The Marshall Court established the legal authority of the Supreme Court over the states and other branches of the federal government.
  • The Marshall Court made several important decisions relating to Federalism, affecting the balance of power between the federal government and the states during the republic's early years.
  • Marshall repeatedly confirmed the supremacy of federal law over state law and supported an expansive reading of the enumerated powers.
  • Nevertheless, Marshall expanded the third branch of the federal government and augmented federal power in the name of the Constitution and the rule of law.
  • With his associate justices, especially Joseph Story, William Johnson, and Bushrod Washington, Marshall's Court invigorated many of the constitutional and legal standards of the new nation.

• Nixon and the Economy

  • Nixon's domestic policies were shaped by the ideas of New Federalism, which proposes the decentralization of political power.
  • Nixon's broader philosophy on domestic policy was informed by the ideas of New Federalism, which proposed the decentralization of political power and the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states.
  • The primary objective of New Federalism, as opposed to the 18th-century political philosophy of Federalism, is the restoration to the states some of the autonomy and power which they lost to the federal government during the New Deal, including the power to administer social programs.
  • Pursuing New Federalist policies, Nixon's budget included grants to the states and the sharing of federal revenue with states.
  • Many saw the price board bureaucracy, associated with Republican policy, as more dangerous than powerful labor unions, which were associated with the Democratic party.