How Does Federalism Protect Americans?

The topic of discussion for this Constitution Monday is federalism. The Framers of the Constitution of the United States organized a government using the principle of federalism. Federalism is a system of government that has two levels of government which both have control over the same geographic area. Federalism is an organized way to share powers between the federal government and the individual state governments.

The Constitution stated the specific powers allocated to the federal government. The Tenth Amendment explains the principle of federalism. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

The principle of federalism is being used by governors of several states to pass laws aimed at fighting environmental, social and governance (ESG). Samantha Aschieris reported the following in The Daily Signal. 

The governors of Utah, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Arkansas have so far in 2023 signed legislation into law aimed at combating environmental, social, and governance policies. More than a dozen states have introduced or are considering taking action on similar bills, including Montana, Kansas, and Florida.

Other states across the nation are joining Utah, West Virginia, and Kentucky to legislate and enact laws that clarify fiduciary duty to combat the threat of the ESG movement on the livelihoods of Americans and to stop woke fiduciaries from abusing public retirement and investment funds.

Some of those states joining the effort are Florida, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Tennessee. They are joining the effort to protect jobs and investments from the extreme political agenda of the Left.