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In the USA, the National Government (generally mistakenly referred to as the Federal Government) has the right to do anything the Federal Courts, and ultimately the Supreme Court, decide is constitutional.
Concurrent powers of the individual states and federal government: Power to (1) tax (2) establish a standing army - military/national guard (3) legally adjudicate in courts of law (4) convict and hold people in jail/prisons (5) build and maintain roads (6) hold elections You're Welcome
The Judicial Branch
In the United States, this power has been left to each individual State. For the Federal government to establish standards, the courts would have to rule the assumption of a State power back to the Federal government as constitutional. Given the current justices on the US Supreme Court (in 2012) this is extremely unlikely to occur.
The Judicial Branch of the U.S. government is made up of the federal courts and led by the Supreme Court.