Cooperative Federalism In America

Federalism impacted the American government. Over the years federalism has changed into many forms. There are many different types of federalism is “a form of government in which a grouping of states under the ruling one central power”(types of federalism,pg 1). In the federal government the nation and state governments get their powers from the people. In the early age of federalism in America, some of the colonies from Britain favored the strong government. These Federalist had a powerful central government, mostly with the bicameral legislature. In this manner federalism got to keep direct power. In many years the views of federalism and the federalist have changed and with the types of federalism in the United States. In the national
Cooperative Federalism was that all the levels of government had to work together to achieve and solve problems. " This type of federalism was most popular in the 1930’s, following the Great Depression, and lasted up until the 1970’s"(types of federalism, pg 1). In this time there was many power struggles between the state and the national government. The nation needed the government to take control of what was happening. One of the struggles was the economy. The central government needed a plan of action for America. For this the federal and state powers became
If Congress were to lose the Highway Trust Fund, it would also lose a power tool to keep states in line. Congress is debating on how to extend the funding for the Highway Trust Fund. The money that it had in the past acted as the federal government, enforcing laws at the state level. In the past, the government used federal highway funding as a way to hold the states. establishing a speed limit in Montana, as an example. Under the 10th Amendment, powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states. The federal government is holding the highway funding goes back to a 1987 Supreme Court case. The case of South Dakota v. Dole, this dealt with the l drinking age, and found that one of the Constitution's putting up against one of its amendments. The federal government could hold highway funds. therefore its controls over the states.The Highway Trust Fund was "established in 1956"(The Atlantic, pg 1). Without the trust fund, Congress loses a powerful means that the states kept with national