โข What is federalism?
โข Why did federalism come into being in the context of American history?
โข What are the powers of each entity and how have they evolved?
โข What about this relationship today?
Today’s session allowed to answer these questions.
Ms. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, Professor of Government Studies at American University (AU) also explained that
federalism aims to strengthen the power of the national government in order to protect the people from corruption, the tyranny of government, the majority and even the dislocation of federalism itself. It was therefore designed to limit government intrusion into the sphere of individual freedoms …
