We still have a government where power is divided, not just at the federal level but between federal and state level, federalism is about freedom, it's about individual freedom, it's about political freedom, it's about economic freedom.
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But there is no federalism argument in Hollingsworth, which concerns a state law.
Both Ms Banerjee and Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar state, model themselves as champions of federalism, but have had no "qualms in using central intervention powers to suit the interest of their respective parties", observes Mr Kailash.
The federalism argument is that marriage and family law have traditionally been state domains, and therefore Congress lacks authority to legislate in these areas.
One of the strengths of federalism, long since weakened by the rise of federal funding for state programs, was that voters of each state could see the link between state government expenditures and the cost of those expenditures as taxes paid by state residents.
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He is so principled, in fact, that he even cajoled me one time, because of his firm belief in federalism and the distinction between the federal government's responsibilities and the state's, to vote against federal funding for cops' bullet-proof vests.
Within our system of horizontal federalism and separation of powers at the federal (and, separately, the state) level, courts do not have the power to enforce their judgments in the trenches.
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The governor of the state of Eastern Equatoria, Louis Lobo Lojore, says his people want more federalism.
The waivers could be organized around the Republican-friendly idea of federalism through which states serve as policy laboratories to test different approaches to common problems tailored to unique state needs and preferences.
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This term's four federalism cases deal with federal laws concerning violence against women, age discrimination, the disclosure of personal information contained in state motor-vehicle records, and whistle-blowing.
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