is that there is always an elected official who will listen to citizen’s grievance. With the federal, state, and local levels of government governing, one has several choices to which official he or she wants to take their problems and concerns to. The down side to federalism is that major conflicts can arise from putting a state’s rights against the nation’s interest. Conflicts such as the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement stemmed from national interest challenging state law. One fundamental principle that aids government responsiveness is the separation of powers. It provides expedient rebuttal because the duties of the government are divided amongst three sections of the government. Each section has a different job. The Judicial branch interprets the laws. The Executive branch enforces the laws. Finally, the Legislative branch makes the laws. Republicanism is inefficient and relatively unresponsive principle the framers placed into the Constitution. There are many levels of elected officials. Between local officials and national officials there are many people separating the public’s concern from the people who could actually do something about it. With the United States’ population as large as it is, it is obviously hard to deal with the amount of complaints, concerns, questions, etc… Nevertheless, the system of relaying messages from official to official is not the best method of dealing public opinion.Checks and balances are a huge reason our country operates so slowly. The three big factions of government all have say in what is going on with the other two. If the Legislature is trying to pass a bill, it has to go through many committees to be scrutinized and rewritten, then scrutinized and rewritten. A bill will go from office to office, but then if the Supreme Court has a problem with it, or the President vetoes the bill, the authors of the bill have to start all over w...
