Federalism and You

[allclipslineup]

learning this has never been so fun

[VioletGrubs]

This reminds me of The One Ring to Rule Them All by Legendary Frog. Love it!

[MrCedershope]

God, I love how this found it's way into my Senior American Government class.. Fuck ya America!

Go Federalism, go!

[foreverandaday96]

wow.. thanks for the history lesson.

[greenrushmovie]

Federalism begins with a Californicationalist Tea Pot Party Candidate

[thejq128]

dawg u need braces. straight up

[mscolapop]

lol i like this

[velcroboy60000]

"ain't that the one that married britney spears?" ROFL! Oh, that was a good one!

Although I gotta say... I think this video tries to be funny a little more than it tries to be informative... but still pretty good! ^^

[noowab]

this is what somalia needs NOW

[kellyeself]

Very cleverly done. I'm going to use this for my AP Gov class. Thanks for posting it.

[23hari]

confedaralism, autonomy, managing controlling interbal affairs, having own flag yet being part of the union,

[mgoblue12393]

Score one for the good guy. lol. Great info! Thanx!

[conmixon]

Your Wikipedia answer to Dual Federalism is incorrect. Federalism is not 2 Branches. We have 3 branches of government at the national level. This concept is known as "Separation of Powers." Federalism is separate levels of government (national/state).

[Aarowned]

dual federalisim is the state and national goverment co-operating together

[neothomist1275]

"Federal", as in federation or league, relates to commercial corporations and commercial contract. A respublica -- a public concern -- is a corporation.

[bravesfanforever31]

Isn't that also called concurrent powers. Powers that shared by the state and federal government like collect taxes, making laws, maintaining law and order, borrowing money and establishing courts?

[Linkxp500]

@Aarowned actually dual federalism is defined as two or more branches of government in which each branch operates within its own sphere of power.

[xtaxplayer]

@conmixon America is not a federalist country.

Federalism is power from the government down.

The Republic, we have, is power from the people to the local government, to the State government, to the National government or the bottom up.

The new deal was a power grab by the progressives to take rights away. This allowed the taxation of your personal income. How good is that.

[prepschoolkid]

@xtaxplayer Yes it is, Power in this country is divided between the States and Federal Government. Power is shared between the National and State/Provincial governments.

[xtaxplayer]

@prepschoolkid I'm sorry but your education is lacking. Please read the U.S.Constitution Article 4 section 3 and the 10 amendment. Also we are a Republic, read Article 4 section 4. The power is not divided. The only power the federal government has is that "given up" by the states or over the federal territories only.

[prepschoolkid]

@xtaxplayer We are a Federal Republic, our country was built upon the principles of Federalism. In a federal system there is a division of powers between the States and the Federal Government. Our constitution spells out the powers of the Federal Government(delegated powers) and the 10th amendment states that powers not granted to the Federal government are given to the states. The whole point as John Madison stated in the FEDERALIST papers was for each level (state and fed) to balance e/o out.

[xtaxplayer]

@prepschoolkid First who is "John Madison" and what James Madison spoke of in the federalist papers was that the three (2) branches of the legislature (federal government) were to balance each other out. The Senate was appointed by the State legislature to watch for the rights of the State and the Congress elected by the people were to look out for the people, more social views. The States had all the power, individual countries (you know that right?). Look at the Articles of Confederation.

[prepschoolkid]

@xtaxplayer What you say is also correct, but that still doesn't prove that our system isn't a Federal system.....Is there not a division of power between the National and State Level? Our system isn't like the UK or France, which is a unitary system, ultimately the central government is supreme and has the power to create/abolish subnational units.

[prepschoolkid]

@prepschoolkid The Federal Government has its powers as defined by the constitution, and the State governments have their powers as defined by the constitution, and the 2 also share some powers as well. The US, Canada, Australia, Mexico, India are all examples of Federal Republics.

[xtaxplayer]

@prepschoolkid Canada is a Constitutional Monarchy, Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy, Mexico is a Federal republic, India is a federal state with a parliamentary form of government (government created by the legislature). The United States is a Republic, not a federal republic. A republic is power from the people, a federal republic is power from the central government to the people with the people voting the central representatives in. Prep School? I believe you mean Publicschool. Learn

[agazahat]

@xtaxplayer Canada and Australia aren't governed by Kings so they're not constitutional monarchies, they're Liberal Democracies with a Federal System. So is America, if they weren't States like California wouldn't be able to decriminalize marijuana. A Republic isn't necessarily power from the people, it just means that several different people hold the power, not one single ruler. And doesn't have to be democratic either, as many city states in Renaissance Italy were Republics. 

[xtaxplayer]

@agazahat Canada and Australia are Const. Monarchies, a gov'nt were 1 person rules. The issue is your belief in the Const. as only one Doc, which is ridiculous. There's not enough space here to define the Const. is. Let's stick to the U.S. Const which is from "the people". The Preamble: (topic sentence) "We the People...", Art 1 Sec 2 House Reps chosen by the People, Bill of Rights: 1, 2, 4 the Right of the people, 9 retained by the people 10 powers...reserved...to the people, as well the 17.

[xtaxplayer]

@agazahat On your comments maybe you should research just a little bit better, if you are trying to be truthful.

Case in point: " Canada and Australia aren't governed by Kings so they're not constitutional monarchies,..."

1) Webster Dict. "Monarchy": A system of gov'nt in which one person reigns, USUALLY a king or queen... ...The ruler, or monarch, is often only the head of state, not the head of gov'nt.

2) CBCnews: "Canada is a constitutional monarchy"

PLEASE read, learn and know the truth

[xtaxplayer]

@prepschoolkid This is where your education has failed you. The federal governments powers are defined by the U.S. Constitution not the State government. Have you read the U.S. Constitution? Where does it express the States powers and rules against the State, except on trade and the movement of people of the other United States which was agreed on in the Articles of Confederation to show unanimity among the United (Countries) States. The powers given by the States to the federal no vice-versa.

[ryanfullerton91]

@conmixon Aarowned is correct. You're mixing up two separate concepts. Dual Federalism is the concept of the two governments (national and state) cooperating.

[mirzar]

hey thanks for the video i am going to use this vidoe in MY AP HISTORY seminar project but i'l give credit to you for the video

[matttaylor21]

very cool. a great history lesson.

[bravesfanforever31]

actually it is more like civics/government, but history is involved.

[WaronaBarona]

cool and interesting video! Do you have this topic in history at the moment?

[Aarowned]

i actually have it in my politics class, to know how federalisim has changed and the different stages of it you need to go into the history a little :)

[akahannahruth0]

AHAHAHAHA! I feel so much smarter now...thanks! :D

[Aarowned]

anytime!

[DarkHuntresAstronema]

I'm sure it was educational, but I was too busy laughing from your expressions and Mr. Rogers impersonation to pay attention, lol. Sweet job on the editing too.

[DjShilly]

... not cool

[Aarowned]

...whats wrong with it? its all factually correct!