Constitutional law federal and state sources of power

  • What is the source of power for the Constitution?

    Empowered with the sovereign authority of the people by the framers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers, and also provides important limitations on the government that protect the fundamental rights of United States citizens..

  • Empowered with the sovereign authority of the people by the framers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers, and also provides important limitations on the government that protect the fundamental rights of United States citizens.
  • The Tenth Amendment declares, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." In other words, states have all powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution.
  • To ensure a separation of powers, the U.S.
    Federal Government is made up of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
Concurrent powers refer to powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments. This includes the power to tax, build roads, and create 
The United States is a constitution-based federal system, meaning power is distributed between a national (federal) government and local (state) governments.

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