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Federal and State Powers

Federal and State Powers

Q This week, we explore federal and state powers and how the concept of federalism affects the balance of power between the Federal government and the states. Federalism can be defined as the distribution of power between a central government and constituent units—in the case of the United States, between the federal government and the state governments. Do you think the current balance of power between these entities is appropriately balanced, or is it imbalanced in one way or the other? Explain why you think so, and, if you think they are imbalanced. Explain in which direction you think they are imbalanced.

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I think that there is not a perfect balance of power between federal and state powers as it is the concept of federalism that has affected the actual balance in a proper manner. The exact international balance always exist among similar entities. The federal and state entities are nothing exceptional (Benz & Sonnicksen, 2017). The concept of federalism shows the needed sharing of power between the federal government and state government. Although there is a clear mention in the constitution regarding the need of maintaining a balance between federal and state government, still it is not maintained for poor policy implementation and other critical issues.