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This 25 page paper argues that FEMA should not supply disaster relief funding to help in the rebuilding of New Orleans and that supplying such funding is unconstitutional and beyond the guidelines of the agency. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other government departments. But there might well be more to the story than appears at first glance. This paper argues that FEMA should
not supply disaster relief funding to help in the rebuilding of New Orleans but that the efforts should be left to the state. Types of Federalism For those
used to living in the United States, the governmental system (federal, state, local) is something we take for granted. We forget that this multi-level structure is the result of
long deliberation and a hard fight for ratification, and that there were two kinds of federalism under consideration. In addition the issue of states rights, which was one of
the main causes of the Civil War, was also a matter of debate, and it continues to echo to this day. The first type of federalism of note
is "dual federalism," which holds that "the federal government and the state governments are co-equals, each sovereign" (Mount, 2005). Under this model, "several parts of the Constitution are interpreted
very narrowly" including the "Commerce Clause," the "10th Amendment," the "Necessary and Proper Clause" and the "Supremacy Clause" (Mount, 2005). Well look briefly at each one to see how
they work under this governmental model. The Commerce Clause says the government will have power: "To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten
Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over
all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings"
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