Some critics of our current constitutional system argue that the Framers made a mistake in selecting a federal system over a unitary system and that much of the problems of governance today, even the onset of the Civil War, could have been avoided. In your opinion, what would have been the specific advantages or disadvantages of such a change? What would that change mean today in terms of individual freedoms? What would it mean in terms of public services? How would that change impact the important core values of American political culture?