Hello to all my classmates here I discuss the definition of Federalism and why I believe Federalism has a lot of negative effects on Democracy. According to an article by the Cornell Law School website, Federalism is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government. Generally, the central government shares some power with smaller regional governments like states. In addition, I believe Federalism has many bad aspects such as capital punishment for which the death penalty can be avoided by a criminal who committed murder/murders depending on its jurisdiction. For example, according to the Death penalty information center, it states “The use of the federal death penalty in jurisdictions that have themselves opted not to have capital punishment—such as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and many states.” Therefore the reason why I choose this quote is that it explains how depending on the state’s jurisdiction, criminals can avoid the death penalty even if they’re found guilty of murder.

  Another example of a bad aspect of Federalism is it causes the federal government to tax other states much higher. According to NCSL calculations by the Bureau of the Census state “Caused by the 67% increase in taxes in the united states collected by the federal government.” The reason why I chose this quote is that it explains how taxes increased in some states because of Federalism In Addition the federal government has the power to tax us high.To summarize I believe that Federalism can have some advantages but In my opinion, the negative effects of federalism outweigh the positives.

Sources:

•https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/federal-death-penalty

•https://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/statefederalandlocaltaxes.pdf

 I believe that the United States Of America is the best democratic country on the planet because of the constitution. According to the Oxford Dictionary, a constitution is a “body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.” In addition in America, the constitution has prevented the government from causing arbitrary rule. Also, the constitution protects the citizen’s rights and freedom. Another example is the constitution has three main parts The national Government which was mentioned already consists of a legislative, an executive, and finally judicial branch. To add on these three parts are always checked and balance each other out in power. 

   In conclusion, Another reason why I believe that the United States Of America is the best democratic country on the planet is because of the Amendments to the constitution which was The Bill of Rights. In addition, the first 10 Amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791, according to the constitution. An example from the constitution the first amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” another example the second amendment states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” In addition, these amendments were implemented to protect the citizen’s rights such as called the Bill Of Rights. To summarize the united states constitution protected the citizen’s rights and  liberty addition its the reason why I believe the United States Of America is the best democratic country on the planet.