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52 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 26 Nov \ parent \ on: Will Donald Trump Eliminate the Department of Education? Politics_And_Law
Federalism was supposed to be one of the foundational principles of American governance, but we're steadily moving away from decentralized regulation and becoming more like Europe.
I don't know if that's good or bad. In general, it seems to me that here in Europe we are moving in the opposite direction. Towards a federation.
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Federalism refers to decentralized rule making: i.e. states over national. My impression is that Europe is increasingly moving towards centralized rule and away from their own separate national rules.
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European countries have more sovereignty than American states, anyone can leave the European Union if they want to. I think that in America only Texas can leave, isn't that right? Each country has its own laws, but every now and then a European law comes along that the countries are obliged to transpose into national law.
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I agree. If we're comparing America to all of Europe, then Europe is still more decentralized, but if we're comparing America to individual European nations, then America is more decentralized.
As to the matter of US states leaving the union, it's very unclear. You're right that Texas is the only state that explicitly included that in their state constitution. At the time of the original union, though, it was generally accepted that states could legally separate and that was made explicit during the ratifying conventions. I don't think states would be forced to remain in the union today, if they attempted to secede.
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