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- Since our federal system is one of dual sovereignty, in which the federal government and the states each have constitutionally specified powers, the federal government lacks the authority to devolve responsibilities.
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Devolution of powers from a central government to multiple states and localities is distinct from popular participation of individuals in the operation of any unit of government.
- Luke Philip Plotica
- 2017
The four sections of the chapter look in turn at definitions of devolution, explanations for the disjunction between devolution, rhetoric and devolution reality in the USA, devolution politics, and the implications for the EU.
Devolution connotes a surrender of a function by a superior government to a subordinate government that is gen-erally complete, permanent, and of “constitutional magnitude.”. As such, strictly speaking it cannot occur between the federal government and the states under the U.S. Constitution.
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- Robert Tannenwald
- 12
- 1998
President Richard M. Nixon’s New Federalism was termed devolutionary because General Revenue Sharing (GRS) and the block grants advocated by Nixon provided greater discretion and flexibility for state and local governments than traditional categorical and project grants.
The term “devolution” gained wider currency during the 1980's and 1990's when various observers used the term to describe developments that seemed to suggest a revolution in state-federal relations entailing substantial devolutions of power from the U.S. federal government to the states.
The election of Ronald Reagan heralded the advent of a “devolution revolution” in U.S. federalism, in which the president pledged to return authority to the states according to the Constitution.
Apr 15, 2021 · Devolution in health care could provide states the option to merge their federal Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA exchange premium funding into one package that (when combined with the state’s traditional health funding) can be used to build a new low-income health-care system.
