federalism
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈfɛdərəlɪzəm/
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federalismo
- Many countries adopt federalism to balance the power between their regional states and the national government.
- American federalism
- principle of federalism
- constitutional federalism
In every one of these cases, what's at stake is the nature of federalism.
- In every one of these cases, what's at stake is the nature of federalism.
- There's one more piece about what changed in the meantime before Goodridge, and that's our understanding that federalism includes blue states rights too.
- But they totally agree that under federalism principles, you can't have one state deciding he engaged in an insurrection and another state saying he didn't.
- They still believe in federalism and keeping the as many powers as possible in the states.
Examples
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Under our system of federalism, the national government has a broader reach.
Academic text (2017) -
In the United States, federalism allows both state and national governments to make laws.
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Any serious student of federalism today needs to understand that debate should continue.
Academic text (1990) -
For the framers, federalism was important to the design of the new Constitution for several reasons.
Academic text (1990) -
Thus, from the perspective of federalism, Congress rarely, if ever, will have an interest in curbing the courts.
Academic text (1990) -
Over seventy years ago, Justice Louis Brandeis argued that federalism creates laboratories of democracy.
Academic text (2008) -
The principles of federalism ensure that individual states maintain their own powers while cooperating with a central authority.
Synonyms
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5.1
The process of joining states into one country while they keep local control
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Etymology
Federalism comes from the Latin root foedus, meaning 'treaty' or 'agreement', and you can see the same root in federal and federation. A helpful way to remember it is to think of different states 'making an agreement' to share power. So federalism is a system where regions keep some control but join together under a central government.