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26 Cards in this Set
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Federalism |
System of government where a constitution divides power between a central and regional government |
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Sovereignty |
Supreme and independent political power |
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Expressed Powers |
Powers specifically granted to the federal government in the Constitution |
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Implied Powers |
Powers derived from the necessary and proper close of the Constitution. Such power are not specifically expressed but are implied through the expansive interpretation of the delegated powers |
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Necessary & Proper Clause |
Enumerates the powers of Congress & provides Congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary & proper" to carry them out |
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Reserved Powers |
Powers that aren't specifically delegates to the national government or denied to the states; powers are reserved to the states |
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Police Powers |
Power reserved to the government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of citizens |
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Concurrent Powers |
The authority possessed by both state and national governments |
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Full Faith & Credit Clause |
Requires each state normally honors the public acts and judicial decisions that take place in another state |
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Privileges & Immunities |
States that each state can't discriminate against someone from another state or give its own residents special privileges |
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Home Rule |
The power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs |
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Dual Federalism |
Fundamental governmental powers were shared between the federal and state governments, with the states exercising the most important powers |
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Commerce Clause |
Delegates to Congress the power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, & among the several States, & with Indian Tribes" |
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Cooperative Federalism |
Type of federalism which grants-in-aid have been used strategically to encourage states & localities to pursue nationally defined goals |
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Grants-in-aid |
General term for funds given by Congress to state and local governments |
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Categorical Grants-in-aid |
Funds given by Congress to states & localities & that are ear-marked by law for specific categories |
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Project Grants |
Grant programs in which state & local governments submit proposals to federal agencies & for which funding is provided on a competitive basis |
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Formula Grants |
Grants-in-aid in which a formula is used to determine the amount of federal funds a state or local government will receive |
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Unfunded Mandates |
National standards imposed on state and local governments with any funding from federal government |
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Block Grants |
Federal funds given to state governments to pay for goods, services, or programs, with relatively few restrictions on how it's spent |
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States' Rights |
The principle that states should oppose increases in the authority of the national government |
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State Sovereign Immunity |
Legal doctrine holding that states cannot be sued for violating an act of Congress |
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Checks & Balances |
3 branches of government keep each other in check |
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Legislative Supremacy |
The preeminent position assigned to Congress by the Constitution |
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Divided Government |
The condition in American government in which the presidency is controlled by one party while the opposing party controls one or both houses of Congress |
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Executive Privilege |
Claim that confidential communications between the president and the president's close advisers should not be revealed without the consent of the president |
