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Marijuana use is a highly discussed and debatable topic in today's American politics. For example the Coates vs Dish network. Federalism was the main issue in this case. Many people have fought for this to be legalized but the way federalism is doesn't allow the states to make their own decisions about this. I think this shows how federalism should change when topics evolve and become more complex, but federalism remains the same.

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Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances.

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Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances.

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The DEA, or Drug Enforcement Agency, is an agency created by former president Richard Nixon. He feared the USA was going to have a drug outbreak problem. He gave the agency specific powers such as labeling the types of drugs. The agency worked with the government to crack down on drug use. The flexibility of the government showed how the government was useful and dynamic.

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The Watergate scandal is infamous in the downfall of Richard Nixon and began when people were informed he had tape recorders in his office. Nixon was asked to hand over the tapes, but he refused. He used the excuse of executive privilege which would keep him from revealing anything. He claimed this was to protect national security. Many people accused Nixon of hiding evidence by not releasing these tapes. The Supreme Court decided that he had to hand over the evidence and could not keep it because he had executive power. This limit on the president provides stability for all of the government and keeps it equal and fair.

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The Lochner v. New York case demonstrated Federalism. This case began on February 23rd 1905. There were state laws in New York that banned bakeries to work more than 60 hours a week. This law was called the Bakershop Act and it was passed in 1895. Joseph Lochner who was a baker in New York, rebelled against this law stating that he was protected by the 14th Amendment to work how many hours he wanted. Lochner sued the State of New York for the violation of his personal civil liberties that were protected by the Constitution. This case went to the Supreme Court where they decided that the Bakershop Act was indeed a violation to the 14th Amendment. Also, the Supreme Court pronounced that the states do not have the power to control regulate jobs for people. This is only the power of the Federal Government. This case represented the stable nature of the constitution by showing that how the Federal Government restricted the powers of the states and protected citizen rights.

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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

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The Roper v. Simmons case presented the checks and balances system fuctions in the USA. This happened on January 26, 2004 because there were many states that permitted the execution of juveniles. The Supreme Court ordered the judicial writ to evaluate if the eighth and fourteenth amendment protected a seventeen year old who had been found guilty of murder. The Supreme Court also decided to look over the Stanford v. Kentucky case that had many juvenile offenders commited. The Supreme Court had a 5-4 descision. The Constitution did not legalize the execution of sixteen and seventeen year old's. This was considered to be a cruel and unusual punishment. The National Supreme Court checked the States to make sure that they were following the constitution and the amendments. This represents the stable nature of the Constitution by showing that the National Supreme Court evaluated the Constitution and made sure it was followed. This shows political stability created by our constitution

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The 22nd Amendment added the executive branch to the government. The 22nd Amendment limits the United States President term. The President can only serve two four year terms. Previous presidents had not wanted to abuse their power and this kept future presidents from doing the same.

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At the time the U.S. was founded, female citizens did not share all of the same rights as men. Women couldn't own property, they had no legal claim to any money they might have earned, and they were not allowed to vote. Women worked to change that; in the summer of 1848, reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York. Women's suffrage was forgotten a bit when the civil war broke out and black rights were a large issue. The turn of the 20th century brought momentum to the woman suffrage cause, and 19th amendment that allowed all women the right to vote was Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920. This was an example of how it was able to adapt and change for the times

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The ability for the Constitution to create a government that remains secure by having changes occur steadily will be investigated on this side

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The ability for the Constitution to create a dynamic functioning government that adapts to the current events will be investigated on this side