Local government in the United States

[rupol2000]

According to wikipedia, this category only includes jurisdictions below the level of the state. Сounties and municipalities.
But state governments are not subdivisions of the federal government: each state is sovereign, the Constitution does not provide for its subordination to the federal government.
Are the state governments (i.e. the legislature and the executive branch of the state) a local government or not?

 

[TNHarley]

Ive never considered state to be local

 

[WinterBorn]

According to wikipedia, this category only includes jurisdictions below the level of the state. Сounties and municipalities.
But state governments are not subdivisions of the federal government: each state is sovereign, the Constitution does not provide for its subordination to the federal government.
Are the state governments (i.e. the legislature and the executive branch of the state) a local government or not?

No, the state gov't is not the same as the local gov't. The individual states have powers. And the local municipalities and counties have a say in how things are run, as long as they do not violate state or federal laws. The states have authority over their own people, but cannot violate federal law or the US Constitution.

 

[rupol2000]

Ive never considered state to be local

But according to the constitution, it does not depend on the federal government. Then what is it called?

 

[rupol2000]

No, the state gov't is not the same as the local gov't

But this is not the federal government either. What does it mean not local if it is independent of the center? In fact, it is local, just limited by the general law. But a county also limited what is difference?

 

[WinterBorn]

But this is not the federal government either. What does it mean not local if it is independent of the center? In fact, it is local, just limited by the general law. But a county also limited what is difference?

A perfect example is between wet and dry counties. If the people of a given county vote to make the sale of alcohol illegal, then that county is dry. They can decide later to make it wet, if the voters want it that way. It is a local matter.

 

[rupol2000]

A perfect example is between wet and dry counties. If the people of a given county vote to make the sale of alcohol illegal, then that county is dry. They can decide later to make it wet, if the voters want it that way. It is a local matter.

A plebiscite at the state level is impossible? Is it forbidden?

 

[WinterBorn]

A plebiscite at the state level is impossible? Is it forbidden?

No, it is not forbidden. In fact, it happens often enough.

However, if it is unconstitutional it will be removed. Many states passed laws against same sex marriage, until the US Supreme Court ruled on it.

 

[rupol2000]

However, if it is unconstitutional it will be removed

And in the case of voting in the counties this could be outside the scope of the constitution?

 

[WinterBorn]

And in the case of voting in the counties this could be outside the scope of the constitution?

The US Constitution is the basis for all laws in the US.

The 10th Amendment to the Constitution says:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."