The New federalism is a policy theme which became popular in the 1980s and 1990s in the United States that refers to the transfer of certain powers from the federal government to the states. It relies upon a Federalist tradition dating back to the founding of the country, as well as the Ninth Amendment and Tenth Amendment. The U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1789 by a constitutional convention, sets down the basic framework of American government in its seven articles. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Title page of an early Federalist compilation. ... Amendment IX (the Ninth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, states: The Ninth Amendment, particularly when taken in conjunction with The Tenth Amendment, emphasizes that the Bill of Rights is not a grant of rights from the government to the people, but... Amendment X (the Tenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, states: The Tenth Amendment is generally recognized to be a truism. ...
New federalism typically involves the Federal government providing block grants to the states to resolve a social issue. The Federal government then monitors outcomes but provides broad discretion to the states for how the programs are implemented. Advocates of this approach sometimes cite a quotation from a dissent by Louis Brandeis in New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann: Federalism is a system of government in which power is constitutionally divided between a central authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces). ... In a federal system of taxation systems and spent it without any restrictions from above. ... Louis D. Brandeis Louis Dembitz Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 3, 1941) was an important American litigator, Justice, advocate of privacy, and developer of the Brandeis Brief. ...
It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.
Advocates for this approach rely upon the fact that the framers of the constitution never intended a form of Federalism that empowered the federal government to dominate the governance and activities of the various states to the extant that this occurred as a consequence of New Deal legislation enacted during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. A primary objective of New Federalism was the restoration to the states of some of the autonomy and power lost to the federal government as a consequence of the New Deal. The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for rescuing the United States from the Great Depression. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...
Related legislation
1972 - State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act PL 92-512
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