Home rule refers to the power given to local or municipal government to enact their own legislation and govern themselves in certain administrative areas, without interference from the state or federal government.

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Home Rule Is

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Home rule is

A) the right of the federal government to protect its own shores against foreign invasion.
B) the authority of states to enact federal programs as they wish.
C) the right of municipal governments to enact their own legislation in certain administrative areas.
D) a person's right to defend his or her property as he or she sees fit.
E) a local government's ability to tax those people who shop within that local government's boundaries.

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