Federalism and the Principle of Judicial Review
Federalism Paper Guidance NO PLAGIARISM !
Some guidance on format, sources and length of your Federalism paper:
- 3 pages (does not include your cover page and reference page)
- Double space, 12 font Times New Roman
- Number your pages
- On your cover page ensure your name, class, semester and topic are included
- On your reference page list your primary reference then secondary references
- 1 primary references and 1 secondary reference (refer to link in news article on D2L)
- Cite your references throughout your paper
- You can use any style you’d like APA, MMA, Chicago
This is a paper based on the principal of Federalism; it will need to be based in facts that surround and support the basis of your paper or argument, with that in mind you can inject your thoughts but limit your opinion to the minimum, a little is okay a lot is not.
Remember what Federalism is; the tension between States rights and powers and National (Federal) Government powers and how the pendulum swings from strong States’ rights to strong Federal rights and back again. Nearly any topic dealing with States rights that have been eroded by or supplanted by the Federal Government or States usurping or creating law in contravention to Federal law:
Gibbons v Ogdon (commerce clause regarding intrastate v interstate commerce)
Civil War amendments (13,14,15)
Jim Crow laws in the south – segregation laws in the southern state post reconstruction era
Colorado, Washington, Alaska, California legalizing recreational use of Marijuana (or several state making lawful medicinal marijuana)
Federal grants that force the states to compile or loose funding (drinking age, speed limits)
Voting rights and Civil rights laws
Welfare laws
Remember you are applying the principals of Federalism in discussing and writing about your topic, above are just a few topics but this is really a wide open area to dive into, think outside the box a little and you’ll have no problem coming up with a topic. As always pay attention to how you are writing, i.e. grammar, syntax and sentence structure.
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