What does the U.S. Constitution say about the organization of local governments? A. Nothing; it leaves the organization to the states. B. It requires that states establish counties, school districts, and special districts. C. It requires that states be divided into counties, but it does not specify other forms of local government. D. It requires that all local governments are modeled after state governments.
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Option A i.e Nothing; it leaves organisation to the states is the correct answer.
The US Constitution nowhere mentions about the organisation of local self government. Some scholars like David J Barron tried to show that the tenth amendment refers to local government. The 10th amendment states "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." According to him the phrase "to the people" refers to the local self government but this is not sufficient to justify his argument. The 10th amendment without mentioning transferred the local self government to the states.
Option A, Nothing; it leaves the organization to the states, is the right answer.
The US Constitution originally assigned power to the central government and imposed restrictions on the use of that authority. For instance, the “Guarantee Clause” of the Constitution commands that all states have a “constitutional” form of administration. But the constitution of the United States nowhere mentioned about the organization of local self-government. David Barron a historian made attempts to show that the tenth amendment applies to local government. The 10th bill states "The sovereignty not assigned to the United States by the Constitution, neither denied by it to the States, is held to the States each, or to the people." Where this term people is added by him for local self-government but this little reference is not sufficient to justify this argument.