FEDERALISM AND SEPARATION OF POWERS

Paul Mouritsen

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

↑STATES

↓LOCAL GOVERMENTS

The powers not delegated to the UnitedStates by the Constitution, nor prohibited byit to the States, are reserved to the Statesrespectively, or to the people.

One of the happy incidents of the federalsystem that a single courageous state may,if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory;and try novel social and economicexperiments without risk to the rest of thecountry.

Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice

SEPARATION OF POWERS

LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL

Federal

State

LEGISLATURE GOVERNOR JUDICIARY

CONGRESS PRESIDENT JUDICIARY

DEFENSEFOREIGN AFFAIRSIMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATIONMONEYPOSTAL SERVICE

Federal

EDUCATION

Primary & SecondarySchool DistrictsState Funding

Higher EducationLand Grant CollegesState Universities

COMMERCEInsuranceBankingPublic UtilitiesProfessional & Occupation LicensingBusiness AssociationsCommercial TransactionsPropertyBankruptcy

CRIMINAL LAW

PolicePrisonsCourts

TRANSPORTATION

Highways and RoadsAirportsTrucksTrainsMotor VehiclesDriversBuses

NATURAL RESOURCES

Public LandsEnvironmental Regulation

FAMILY LAW

MarriageDivorceChild Custody

WELFARE

HousingIncome Support

Social SecurityTANF

Child ProtectionMental HealthPublic Health

MEDICAL

Medical CareMedicareMedicaid

ELECTIONS

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