This Executive Order signed by President Bill Clinton on 8/4/99 is an order that describes the balance between state and federal governments, as warranted by the Framers of the Constitution and federalism.

Read all ten sections of Article I of the Constitution, which lay out the powers of the legislative branch of the federal government.

Read the text of Article II of the Constitution, the four sections of which lay out the powers and duties of the executive branch of the federal government.

The original text of The Virginia Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention. Discusses federal versus consolidated government.

Complete text of Article I, sections 1-10, of the U.S. Constitution, establishing the Legislative Branch of the Federal government.