Trump vs. the states: What the Constitution says about responding to crises like the coronavirus pandemic

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• The Constitution distributes decision-making power between the federal government and individual states.
• But who is supposed to do what in that relationship isn't always clear, which has been on display as the state and national governments react to the coronavirus pandemic.
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President Donald Trump recently attempted to explain the complex relationship between the federal government and the states, as outlined by the framers in 1787.

"[Y]ou can call it 'federalist,' you can call it 'the Constitution,' but I call it 'the Constitution,'" he said at a briefing by the Coronavirus Task Force.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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