The framers of the Constitution designed a system of government in 1787 that distributed power among three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial. Having just overthrown a king ...

Women have been fighting for over a century to be included in the Constitution. Success is in sight. We demand deeds, not words.

Reich (2005). Federalism is one of the most important and innovative concepts in the U.S. Constitution, although the word never appears there.