The United states consist of two different governments state, and federal. Each government is based on the constitution and has power over any person under it‘s law. The United States is considered to have a Federal form of government. This type of government offers a number of checks and balances between the two governments. Usually what one government misses the other government corrects. The Federal government seems to be the check, in most cases …showed first 75 words of 464 total…

…showed last 75 words of 464 total…can pass certain bills that the state cannot, such as the right to own a gun. If the federal government wanted to pass a bill allowing no one to own a gun it could, if it had enough votes. State government could pass a bill so no one in their state could own a gun but not the whole United States. This all shows how much more power the federal government has over the state.