Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
- noun Advocacy of such a system of government.
- noun The doctrine of the Federalist Party.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrine or system of federation or federal union in government; the principle of assigning to the care of a central government such matters of common concernment as may be agreed upon, and all others to that of the governments of the federated states, provinces, or tribes; more specifically, the aggregate principles or doctrines of a federal party, as the Federalists of the United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principles of Federalists or of federal union.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
System ofnational government in whichpower isdivided between acentral authority and a number ofregions withdelimited self-governing authority. - noun
Advocacy of such a system.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term federalism conjures up more functional and pragmatic ideas about the role of the states....
Has Rudy Giuliani gotten incoherent about abortion? Ann Althouse 2007
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The term federalism conjures up more functional and pragmatic ideas about the role of the states....
Archive 2007-02-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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All of these things are wrapped up in the term federalism, so I don't think we know the extent of the actual differences and whether they could be breached at some later time.
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The term federalism is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces).
Recently Uploaded Slideshows vale1998 2010
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The term federalism is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces).
Recently Uploaded Slideshows vale1998 2010
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As Rick notes, the foot voting rationale for federalism is one that I have advanced in various articles (e.g. here and here).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why do Libertarians Like Federalism? 2010
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However, the conventional story that federalism is bad for minority rights overlooks other, at least equally lengthy, periods in American history when a unitary federal policy would have been worse for minority rights than federalism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010
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However, as Ilya points out, federalism is a double-edged sword.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010
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Just because insurance interests can get a law to pass in their state does not mean that federalism is threatened by Obamacare.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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Just because this Court has shown a predisposition to privilege federalism above the substance of issues in previous arguments does not mean that arguing federalism is a principled way to proceed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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