2006-08-31 15:00:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
That sounds like its right off your homework paper. Look it up.
2006-08-31 15:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the second amendment to the constitution.
If all else fails the right of the people to bear arms
is the final recourse.
If it weren't for that, we would have a dictator by now.
There are 70 million armed Americans in the U.S.
thats the largest armed army on the planet.
The states authority is higher than the federal authority.
The federal government has no authority except what the constituion gave it. Only where interstate commerce is involved may the fed legally make the rules.
2006-08-31 15:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution. The federal government can only assume control of areas that are expressly spelled out in the Constitution. If the public policy falls within the framework of it, the federal government can assume control of it.
2006-08-31 16:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by Slimsmom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US, given our Constitution, the federal government is one of limited enumerated powers. Under the 10th Amendment, anything not granted to (or claimed by) the federal govt is reserved for the states. So, if the Constitution doesn't authorize Congress or the federal govt to get involved, they legally cannot.
In practice, it is the federal courts that reign in Congress when they overstep these bounds. Those darn "activist judges" actually having the temerity to require that Congress obey the constitution.
2006-08-31 16:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. Federal authority trumps state authority, except where the Constitution specifically gives that authority to the states, like elections.
The Federal government can take over schools, police, whatever, if it deems necessary.
2006-08-31 15:14:30 · answer #5 · answered by normobrian 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Constitution was written, proposed, and ratified to create a general government. It exists entirely within the delegated powers of the Constitution and is bound by restrictions within that Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Even so, it takes a proactive citizen to be involved, knowledgeable, and willing to act to make the government remain within the dictates of the Constitution.
2006-08-31 17:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by Randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the threat of popular rebellion. but as we have seen with the patriot act, the central government is able to manipulate people's fears to take legal authority over anything they want.
2006-08-31 15:15:32 · answer #7 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the constitution
2006-08-31 15:09:27 · answer #8 · answered by ben s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the constitution (or what's left of it), however, they are chipping away at it quite dilligently
2006-08-31 15:11:48 · answer #9 · answered by list 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋