Why federalism has become risky for American democracy

Read and analyze the article listed above. If the link is broken or unavailable, you can google the article’s title written by Darrell M. West. 
-Once you are done reading the article, you must answer the nine questions posted below
1) State as accurately as possible the author’s purpose for presenting this information. Explain your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
2) What is the article attempting to convey and from what perspective is it presenting the information? Provide your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
3) What key question can you develop from the content presented in the article? Provide your question and then your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
4) What are the most important ideas you would have to understand in order to understand the article’s line of reasoning? Provide your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
5) What is the article failing to address (what might be questioned)? Provide your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
6) What consequences are likely to follow if people take the article’s line of reasoning seriously? Provide your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
7) What consequences are likely to follow if people ignore the article’s reasoning? Provide your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
8) Identify the key conclusions the article comes to and presents. Provide your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences. 
9) What facts, experiences, or data is the author/article using to support its conclusions? Provide your analysis/answer in four (4) or more sentences.