Posted: September 2nd, 2013
Role of Government
Role of Government
Paper instructions:
Imagine that a founding father of your choice has been brought to the future and you have been given the opportunity to talk with him about our
federalist representative form of government. He is interested in learning about the current state of our federalist representative form of government.
Write a no more than 1,
000-word paper documenting the conversation that the two of you might have. In the dialogue, you should discuss the following topics with the founding father:
Explain the roles of the various branches of government, their administrative functions, and their structural and political characteristics.
Provide at least two examples for both
exclusive federal powers and
exclusive state powers.
Describe the
role courts play in determining the nature of federal–state relations.
Discuss the recommendations you have to improve or maximize the efficiencies of the federalist representative form of government.
As you converse with this founding father, he should give his opinion on the current state of the federalist representative form of government and what surprises him about how it has evolved over time.