National Government Chap. 3

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What are the enumerated/expressed powers of the national government?

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-collect taxes

-coin money

-declare war

-regulate commerce

-implied laws

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What does the necessary and proper clause state? (elastic clause)

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gives Congress power to pass laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers and all other powers vested into constitution

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What does supremacy clause state and where is it located?

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-located in article VI (6)

- states that all laws passed by National gov. is supreme law

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What does the tenth amendment state?

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-powers reserved to states or people.

-aka reserved powers

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What is the police power and who has this power??

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states have the police power.

-capacity of states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory

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What are the concurrent powers?

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- authority possessed by both state and national governments

-examples: levy taxes, charter banks, build roads, bankruptcy laws, and create lower courts.

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What does Full Faith and Credit clause state?

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-requires each state to normally honor the government actions and judicial decisions that take place in other states.

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What does the Privileges And Immunities/ Comity clause state?

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prohibits states from enacting laws that treat the citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner.

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What is dual federalism?

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the system of government that prevailed in the United States from 1789-1937, in which most fundamental government powers were shared between the federal and state governments.

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What were the constitutional issues at stake in McCulloch v Maryland?

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The issue was whether congress had the power to charter a bank, in particular the Bank of USA.

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What were the issues of Gibbons v Ogden?

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Whether New York could grant a monopoly to a steamboat company

-court ruled that Gibbons could not be kept from competing because of commerce clause

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What does the commerce clause state?

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Gives Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among several states and with Indian tribes.

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What is cooperative federalism?

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a type of federalism existing since the New Deal era in which grants-in-aids have been used strategically to encourage states to pursue nationally defined goals.

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What is layer cake federalism?

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dual federalism where powers were share

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What is marble cake federalism?

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Cooperative federalism - national, state, and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively to solve common problems, rather than making policies separately

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What is regulated federalism?

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a form of federalism in which Congress imposes legislation on state and local governments that requires them to meet national standards.

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What is New Federalism?

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the national government attempt to return more power to the states through block grants to them.

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What is categorical grants-in-aid?

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funds given to states and localities by Congress that are earmarked by law for specific policy categories, like education etc.

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What are project grants?

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state and local governments submit proposals to federal agencies who provide funding for them on a competitive basis

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What are formula grants?

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a formula is used to determine the amount of federal funds a state will recieve

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What are unfunded mandates?

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National standards or programs imposed on states without accompanying funding.

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What are block grants?

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Funds with few restrictions on how to spend them.