Federalism

Federalism is a way of organizing the nation into two levels to have formal, fair authority over the people and the land. Federalism uses categorical grants as an advantage by attaching strings to money they give to state and local governments and influencing them to be a certain way. Federal mandates are the strings attached and only allow the grants to continue if the rules are complied. On the contrary, states have also gotten power through block grants because these grants don't require a specific purpose, rather just federal money given to communities to fund whatever necessary. The tenth amendment aids the states as well by stating that any powers not specified in the Constitution are automatically assumed by the states.