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Nullification |
The current effort to scale back the size and activities of the national government and to shift responsibility for a wide range of domestic programs from Washington to the states. In recent years these areas have included welfare, health care, and job training.
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Block Grants |
Money from the national government for programs in certain general areas that the states can use at their discretion within broad guidelines set by Congress. |
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Federalism |
A political system in which there are local (territorial, regional, provincial, state, or municipal) units of government, as well as a national government, that can make final decisions with respect to at least some governmental activities and whose existence is specially protected. |
Separation of powers between state and federal governments |
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Sovereignty |
Supreme or ultimate political authority |
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Unitary System |
A system in which sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government, so that the states and localities are dependent on its will. |
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Confederation (or Confederal System) |
A system in which the states are sovereign and the national government can do only that which the states permit. |
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Federal System |
A system in which sovereignty is shared, so that in some matters the national government is supreme and in other matters the states are supreme |
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A Federal Regime |
A regime in which local units of government have a specifically protected existence and can make some final decisions over some governmental activities |
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McCulloch vs. Maryland |
1819 (during the Marshall Court); ruled that congress had the power to establish banks (part of its implied powers) and that a state may not tax the bank or any other federal institution. |
"The power to tax is the power to destroy" - Marshall |
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"Necessary and Proper" Clause |
The final paragraph of Article 1, section 8, of the constitution, which authorizes congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers. |
Sometimes called the "elastic clause" because of the flexibility that it provides to Congress |
