Transforming America’s Governance Framework
TREND #2

The United States government was designed in the 1780s to be “a constitutional, Federal republic.” As such, it operates under a set of rules and principals set forth in a written Constitution. That Constitution was adopted by a pre-existing set of states which delegated certain enumerated powers to a Federal government, while retaining all other powers to themselves. The Constitution also specified the structur.....

The United States government was designed in the 1780s to be “a constitutional, Federal republic.” As such, it operates under a set of rules and principals set forth in a written Constitution. That Constitution was adopted by a pre-existing set of states which delegated certain enumerated powers to a Federal government, while retaining all other powers to themselves. The Constitution also specified the structur.....