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219. Negotiating Federal-State Relations with Dr. Grace Mallon
02/02/2022
219. Negotiating Federal-State Relations with Dr. Grace Mallon
For years after the ratification of the Constitution, Americans debated how the Federal Government and the several states should relate to each other, and work together, to form a more perfect union. The success, if not the survival, of the new republic depended on these governments cooperating on any number of issues, from customs enforcement to Native American policy. But where there was collaboration there was also friction among them over matters like state sovereignty, slavery, and land.
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