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FEDERALISM: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
The fifty states are quite diverse in size, population, climate, economy, history and interests. The fifty state governments often differ from one another, too. Because they often approach political, social or economic questions differently, the states have been called laboratories of democracy. However, they do share certain basic structures. The individual states all have republican forms of government with a senate and a house. (There is one exception, Nebraska, which has only one legislative body of 49 senators). All have executive branches headed by state governors and independent court systems. Each state has also its own constitution. But all must respect federal laws and not make laws that interfere with those of the other states (e.g., someone who is divorced under the laws of one state is legally divorced in all). Likewise, cities and local authorities must make their laws and regulations so that they fit their own states constitution.
The Constitution limits the federal government to specific powers, but modern judicial interpretations of the Constitution have expanded federal responsibilities. All others automatically belong to the states and to the local communities. This has meant that there has always been a battle between federal and states rights. The traditional American distrust of a too powerful central government has kept the battle fairly even over theirs. The states and local communities in the US have rights that in other countries generally belong to the central government.

Choose the right variant:
1. Laboratories of democracy are
a) independent court systems;
b) local authorities;
c) states.
1. In the US most powers belong
a) to the central government;
b) to the federal government;
c) to the states and local communities.