Question

Where do local governments get their power?

Answers:

1: From the state

2: From the Declaration of Independence

3: From the President

4: From the municipal government

Answer 1

The answer is 1: from the state

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is 1

Explanation:

Since local governments aren´t on a federal level, the power is decided by the states. The 10th amendment of the Constitution say it best, ¨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.¨ This basically means what happens in the states is the the states business