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24 Cards in this Set
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Block grants |
Federal grants-in-aid the allow States considerable discretion in how the funds are spent |
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Categorical grants |
Congressional grants given to States and localities on the condition that expeckin pictures be limited to a problem or group specified by law |
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Commerce clause |
Article 1 section 8, of the Constitution, which delegates to Congress the power to regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among several States and with the Indian tribes. This clause was interpreted by Supreme Court in favor of national power over economy |
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Concurrent power |
Authority possessed by both state and national governments such as the power to Levy taxes |
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Cooperative federalism |
A type of federalism existing sent the new deal era in which grants-in-aid have been used strategically to encourage States and Localities without commanding them to pursue nationally defined goals, also known as intergovernmental cooperation |
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Devolution |
A policy to remove a program from one level of government by delegating it or passing it down to a lower level of government such as from the national government to the state and local governments |
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Dual federalism |
The system of government that prevailed in the United States from 1789 to 1937 in which most fundamental government powers were shared between the federal and state governments |
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Expressed powers |
Specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress article 1 section 8 and to the presedent article too |
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Federal system |
I system of government in which the national government shares powers with the lower levels of government such as States |
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Federalism |
I system of government in which powers divided by a constitution between the central government (national) and regional (state) governments |
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Full faith and credit clause |
Provision from article IV, section 1, Of the Constitution requiring that the States normally on or the public acts of judicial decisions them take place in another state |
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General revenue sharing |
Process by which one unit of government yields a portion of its taxes income to another unit of government, according to and establish formula, revenue sharing Typically involves the national government providing money to state governments |
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Grants-in-aid |
Programs through which Congress provide money to state and local governments on the condition that the funds be employed for purposes defined by federal government |
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Home rule |
Power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs |
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Implied powers |
Powers derived from the necessary and proper clause of article 1 section 8 of the Constitution. Such powers are not specifically expressed but are implied through expansive interpretation of delegate powers |
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Necessary and proper clause |
Provision from article 1 section 8 of the Constitution providing Congress with the authority to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its expressed powers |
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New federalism |
Attempts by president Nixon and Reagan to return power to the States through block grants |
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Police power |
Power reserved to state government to regulate the health safety and morals of its citizens |
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Preemption |
The principle that allows the national government to override state or local actions in certain policy areas. In foreign policy, the willingness to strike 1st in order to prevent an enemy attack |
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Privilege's and immunities clause |
Prevision from article IV, Section 2, Of the Constitution, that a state cannot discriminate against someone from another state or give its own resident special privileges |
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Reserved powers |
Powers derived from the 10th amendment to the Constitution that are not specifically delegated to the national government or define to the States |
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States rights |
The principle that the States should oppose The increasing authority of the national government. This principle was most popular in the period before the Civil War |
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Unfunded mandates |
Regulations or conditions for receiving grants that impose costs on state and local governments for which they are not reimbursed by the federal government |
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Unitary system |
A centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government |
