How do changes in American federalism reflect different interpretations of liberty, equality, and democracy?
• Ideas about federalism are linked to different views about the purposes of government. • The framers were suspicious about federal power based on their experience with Britain. • Americans are still suspicious of “big government,” but we have come to realize that the national government can be an important guarantor of liberty. • One of the most important arguments for a stronger national government is its role in ensuring equality. • A key issue of federalism is deciding when differences between states represent proper democratic decisions and when such differences represent inequalities that should not be tolerated. • The growth of national powers is a function of our changing beliefs in the values of liberty, equality, and democracy. • A stronger national government was necessary to ensure that state and local governments adhered to the Bill of Rights.
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