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

• Preparing the Budget

  • The OMB's primary mission is to assist the president as he or she supervises the preparation of the federal budget.
  • Staff members from these offices are assigned to monitor federal agencies or topical areas, like issues associated with U.S.
  • They perform in-depth program evaluations and review federal agency budget requests to decide which resource requests will be sent to Congress under the president's budget.

• 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.

• 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.

• Limited Government

  • It prohibits the government from directly interfering with certain key areas: conscience, expression, and association.
  • Other actions are forbidden to the federal government and are reserved to state or local governments.
  • The English Bill of Rights, associated with the Glorious Revolution of 1688, established limits of royal sovereignty.
  • The First Amendment rights of free speech, freedom of association, and freedom of petition protect lobbying, including grassroots lobbying.
  • Describe the particular species of limited government operative in the United States' federal system.

• 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.

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  • The Citizens United case held that it was unconstitutional to ban campaign financial contributions by corporations, associations and unions.
  • Federal Election Commission was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 2010 in which the court held that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions.
  • The Supreme Court held in Citizens United that it was unconstitutional to ban free speech through the limitation of independent communications by corporations, associations and unions.
  • Federal Election Commission has often been credited for the creation of "super PACs", political action committees which make no contributions to candidates or parties and so can accept unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, and unions.
  • Federal Election Commission for campaign finance reform

• 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.

• U.S. District Courts

  • The United States district courts are the trial courts within the U.S. federal court system.
  • With the exception of the territorial courts in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, federal district judges are appointed for life.
  • A bankruptcy court is associated with each U.S. district court.
  • Meanwhile, the United States Court of Federal Claims oversees claims against the United States.
  • These claims include money damages against the U.S., unlawful takings of private property by the federal government, and disputes over federal contracts.