Question

Under the Articles of Confederation, why didn’t the national government enforce the laws?
a- The states had the power to enforce the national laws.
b- The executive branch was ineffective in enforcing the laws.
c- The national police force had no power to enforce the laws.
d- The president was just a figurehead and could not enforce laws.

Answer 1

Law enforcement in India is performed by numerous law enforcement agencies. Like many federal nations, the nature of the Constitution of India mandates law and order as a subject of the state, therefore the bulk of the policing lies with the respective states and territories of India.

At the federal level, the many agencies are part of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and support the states in their duties. Larger cities also operate police commissionerates, under respective state police. All senior police officers in the state police forces, as well as those in the federal agencies, are members of the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Answer 2

Option B, the states had the power to enforce national laws, is the right answer.

The colonies of the United States did not want to have a strong centralized government, because they did not want the government to become a tyranny. The leaders of the colonies thought that the power accession would lead to the re-colonization of the newly freed American territories. Hence, the Articles of Confederation did not provide the national government with sufficient authority to implement their laws. And this became a major weakness of the national government made under the articles of confederation.