Author Question: Describe the centralist position. What will be an ideal ... (Read 50 times)

JMatthes · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Describe the centralist position.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

________ refer to elections used to determine who will run in the general elections under the party labels.

A. General elections
B. Special elections
C. Recall elections
D. Referendums
E. Primary elections

xiaomengxian · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 9, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response would be:
The centralist position has been supported by presidents, Congress, and the Supreme Court. Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson were particularly strong supporters, and the Supreme Court has generally ruled in favor of the centralist position. Centralists reject the idea of the Constitution as an interstate compact. They view it as a supreme law established by the people. The national government is an agent of the people, not of the states, because it was the people who drew up the Constitution and created the national government. They intended that the national political process should define the central government's powers and that the national government be denied authority only when the Constitution clearly prohibits it from acting. Centralists argue that the national government is a government of all the people, whereas each state speaks for only some of the people. Although the Tenth Amendment clearly reserves powers for the states, it does not deny the national government the authority to exercise all of its powers to the fullest extent. Moreover, the supremacy of the national government restricts the states because governments representing part of the people cannot be allowed to interfere with a government representing all of them.

Answer to Question 2

E