State vs Federal Power: How American Government Is Divided

by bam

A clear, non-partisan guide to American federalism: why power is split between the national government and the states, the enumerated, implied, and reserved powers (Article I, § 8 and the 10th Amendment), the Supremacy Clause and preemption (Article VI), the concurrent powers both levels share, the reach of the Commerce Clause, and the landmark cases that defined the balance (McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819; Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824). Cited to the Constitution itself and authoritative sources. Built to make you a confident reader of how the system divides power, not to take a side.