The Supremacy Clauses In Article VI Of The Constitution

The writers of the Constitution created a system of shared government through the Supremacy Clause, the Powers of Congress, and the Tenth Amendment. The federal system created by the Constitution was a reaction to the British government and defined the power of the national government. The founders wanted to avoid having one central source of power. In Article VI of the Constitution, the supremacy clause gives the national government to have jurisdiction over state government (Kernell et. al. 2014 pg 95). This allows for the national government laws to over rule the state laws that precede over the country. In Article 1, Section 8 which practices federalism by jurisdictional boundaries between state and national government (Kernell et. al. 2014 pg 95). The article designates powers between the three branches of governments to ensure one branch doesn’t have too much power.
al. 2014 pg 95). Another aspect of Article 1, Section 2 is the elastic clause. This allows for the national government to make laws to carry out the enumerated powers which justifies the national government’s involvement in long time state issues (Kernell et. al. 2014 pg 96). The government has jurisdiction of social issues like slavery and economic policy. Finally, the Tenth Amendment gives the powers to the state that are not explicitly given to the national government in the Constitution (Kernell et. al. 2014 pg 96). This distributes some powers to the states and relieves the national government of its power. Each of these pieces of the Constitution delegates the powers of government to either the states or the national government. The federal government created by the Constitution prevents from one branch from becoming to strong. But not every aspect of the Constitution is applied with the writer’s political