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12 Cards in this Set
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Delegated powers
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Powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government
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Expressed powers
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Powers directly stated in the Constitution
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Implied powers
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Powers that the government requires to carry out the expressed constitutional powers
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Elastic clause
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Clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of Article 1
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Inherent powers
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Powers that the national government may excersise simply because it is a government
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Reserved powers
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Powers that belong strictly to the states
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Supremacy clause
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Statement in Article 4 of the Constitution establishing that the constitution, laws passed by congress, and treaties of the United States "shall be the supreme law of the Land"
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Concurrent powers
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Powers that both the national government and the states have
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Enabling act
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The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitutions
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Extradite
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To return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state
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Civil law
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one relating to disputes among two or more individuals or between individuals of the government
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Interstate compact
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A written agreement between two or more states
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