They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism.

他们认为这项修改会逐渐损坏加拿大联邦主义。

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Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state.

联邦制度旨在削弱中央政府的权力。

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However, the limitations of federalism prevent that kind of strong action.

然而，联邦制的局限性会妨碍此类的强力措施的执行。

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They wouldn't have said that because it doesn't sound we want to think that we invented this here but it actually was a new invention in a way because the United States has a different philosophy which the United States has been committed since its beginning to federalism.

他们不会说,因为它听起来不像,这里我们希望大家把它想成我们自己的发明,但是事实上，它确实是一个新的发明,因为美国有一个不同的哲学,这个哲学是，美国力图从一开始就,使自己成为联邦制度国家。

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There are two arguments against Section 3: the federalism argument and the equal-protection argument.

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Kennedy seems to be giving serious consideration to striking down DOMA's Section 3 based on the federalism argument alone.

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My faulty constitutional instincts led me to believe that the individual rights challenge to this mandate was more potent than the federalism claim.

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