from the side of the United States government: Where the U.S. Constitution delegates responsibility to the United States, the federal government is to coordinate and standardize certain government functions and the Acts of Congress may operate within the States of the Union and take precedence over State law; Where the delegation of authority to the United States is absent from the U.S. Constitution, the Acts of Congress do not invade the territory of the States of the Union and federal law is foreign to the State; The Acts of Congress give direction to the executive and judicial branches of the United States government; The United States government is to be the exclusive representative of American political interests to the world; The United States has exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, the territories of the United States, and enclaves within a State ceded to the United States government, and it is over these places that the United States has inherent jurisdiction and sovereignty. From the side of The Several Union States: Each State in the Union is a complete government with its own constitution, its own citizens, its own legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, its own elected and appointed officials to operate the government, and retains every right to protect its integrity; The States of the Union are to control all the policies and activities of the United States government collectively through their elected officials sent to Congress; The people of the States of the Union as well as the District of Columbia elect the president and vice-president of the United States through the vote of their electors as part of the Electoral College; The laws of each of the States operate only within its borders, and its laws do not invade any land within its borders that have been ceded to the United States, except by mutual agreement; Each of the several States of the Union is sovereign and foreign to the others, as well as to the United States.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 06:39:08 +0000