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    Federal arrangements protect minority groups and nations ... — Carmelics
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    Federal arrangements protect minority groups and nations from central authority by securing immunity and non-domination.

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    • 1.Constitutional allocation of powers to member units protects individuals from central government overreach.
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    • 2.Interlocking arrangements provide member units with influence on central decisions.
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    • 3.Member units can check central authorities and prevent action contrary to the will of minorities.
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    • 1.Federal units have historically functioned as instruments of minority oppression, as Southern U.S. states demonstrated through Jim Crow legislation.
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    • 2.Decentralized authority permits dominant local majorities to dominate sub-national minorities with less federal accountability than centralized systems provide.
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    • 3.Non-domination for some minorities thus requires centralized override of federal units, inverting the claim's core logic.
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    • 1.Pettit's republican non-domination requires institutional capacity to contest power, which smaller federal units often structurally lack against wealthier member states.
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    • 2.When federal bargains are struck between units of vastly unequal power, constitutionally encoded arrangements entrench domination rather than immunize against it.
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    Federal arrangements may protect against central authorities by securing immunity and non-domination for minority groups or nations. Constitutional allocation of powers to a member unit protects individuals from the center, while interlocking arrangements provide influence on central decisions via member unit bodies (Madison, Hume, Goodin 1996). Member units may thus check central authorities and prevent undue action contrary to the will of minorities: “A great democracy must either sacrifice se
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