Representative Federalism
Representative Federalism
Outline
Kevin A. Sensenig | August 23, 2012 | Modified September 4, 2012
Representative federalism is:
1) The people represented directly, in the House, and by electing the President, and by electing the Governor, and by electing the state Legislature.
2) The states represented by selecting the Senate, from the state legislature.
3) The people retaining certain rights of due access, protections, and natural rights.
4) The states acting in concert.
5) Individual state character and dynamic interchange.
6) The states acting in one mode in a federal way.
Thus the agencies are what the states would do to accomplish some of what we have in common, in specific roles, with specific design.
This is not the collective. And it is not federal mandates. It is what the states do together, in concert, and by factoring things out, working to the best of their own understanding, and working with proven actual results.
The common defense.
The common tax.
The common import/export.
The common rules for interstate commerce (level playing field, product representation, rules for taxation, market availability and protections, and safety regulation).
The common environment/ecosystem.
For the individual and the corporate, access to justice, its protections, its clarifications, and its availability. It should be reasonable law and method and adjudication that any citizen could understand. Then there are specialized law, but these also should be accessible to clear thought, study, and analysis.
Natural rights are intuitive.