Chapter 3

The powers should be shared to keep the balance leveled because the two governments have different responsibilities that cover different layers of authority and while keeping them separate make them very much in need of the the other. Thus, one keeps the other from overpowering the other and maintaining and equal balance.

National power increased during the Great Depression because the stock market crashed in 1929 and the people wanted national action to help aid the economy thus when the market began to pick up and grow around the time of Nixon's administration a few things took place and changed the way the money was handled and/or distributed. Such things as New Federalism shifting powers back to the states then when Reagan took office in 1981 he sought to reduce the power of government because he was a strong supporter of New Federalism. He cut grants replacing them with flexible block grants that set fewer restrictions on how the money could be spent. He also implemented general revenue sharing which gave monies to the states and could be spent however the states decided to spend it. Reagan's Chief Justice, William Rehnquist also put together pro-state majorities in two series of decisions interstate commerce and sovereign immunity. The commerce clause basically enforced the equal protection of the laws under the 14th Amendment, while the sovereign immunities basically limited national authority over the states to keep states from suing a different state in federal court. Also implementing several different federal labor laws to balanced what was know known as the New Deal.

The regulation of Education should be left just the way it is now, because as the passage from the text Gateways to Democracy, states "Federal Aid to the states is influenced by a large number of factors, including equal representation in the Senate." Basically this means the national government would balance out the disproportionate amount of aid between small and large states. So this to me a very fair way to regulate education.