Assignment:
In your initial post,
• Identify your profession or future profession, and provide a brief background on the typical job responsibilities.
• Discuss what federalism is and why it is important.
• Discuss your policy or piece of legislation that you have selected for your Final Paper and how federalism impacts it.
• Discuss the federalism challenges that the policy you have selected is creating or facing.
For example:
• If you are an education major, how are local, state, and federal government policies affected by the Every Student Succeeds Act or some other piece of education-related legislation?
• If you are a criminal justice major, how does recent legalization of marijuana in some states affect local, state, and federal marijuana laws?
• If you are a business major, how does the insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act affect local, state, and national businesses and their employees?
• If you are a political science major, how has the recent Citizen's United ruling affected the amount of money available for campaigns at the local, state, or federal levels?
Your initial post must be at least 300 words. If you are citing statistics our outside resources, please list the website or the reference entry.