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16 Cards in this Set
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a political system in which ultimate authority is shared between a central govt and state and/or local govts
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federalism
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idea that states have the ability to determine their own laws and that should be respected by the federal govt
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states' rights
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concept of federalism in which the federal, state and local govts work together to solve problems instead of making seperate policies
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Cooperative Federalism
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theory that the national govt and state govts each have defined areas of authority
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Dual Federalism
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Article 1, sec 8 clause that provide great flexibility to Congress in
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Elastic (Supremacy) Clause
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the practice of states giving the different laws of other states credit
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full faith and credit clause
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federal funds provided to state and local govts that are traditonally provide for airports, highways, education and major welfare services
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Grant-in-aid
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federal grants for specific purposes, usually require the state to put up money or "match" some part of the grant
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Categorical Grants
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federal grant specifying a precise formula in the legislation creating the program,include quantifiable elements, such as population, amount of tax effort, proportion of population unemployed or below poverty level, density of housing, or rate of infant mortality
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Formula grants
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government grant for a specific purpose
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Project grants
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grants of money from the federal govt to states for use in general areas rather than for specific programs
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block grants
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when there is a conflict between a state law and federal law, the federal law trumps – or "preempts" – the state law, according to this theory
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Preemption
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legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional, based on a view that the sovereign States formed the Union, and as creators of the compact hold final authority regarding the limits of the power of the central government
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Nullification
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rules imposed on states by federal govt as conditions for receiving federal grants OR that the states pay the costs of certain nationally defined programs
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Mandate
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clause states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Indian tribes
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Commerce Clause
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serve one or a few special purposes and do not provide a broad array of services. They are common in the United States of America, where more than 35,000 play an important role in providing government services in every U.S. state
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Special District
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