Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is enumerated powers
Powers of the federal government that are specifically addressed in the Constitution for Congress these powers are listed in article 1 section 8 and includes the powers to coin money regulate its values and impose Texas
What is the definition of supremacy clause
Article VI (6) Of the Constitution, Which makes the constitution, National laws, and treaties supreme overstate loves when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.
What is implied powers
Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution.
What is elastic clause
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
By what other term is the elastic clause known as
“Necessary and proper” clause
What is unitary government
A way of organizing a nation so that all powers Reeside in the central government most national governments today are unitary government
What is federalism
A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land of people it is a system of shared powers between units of government
An analogy of federalism and that would also explain cool operative federalism
The layered cake and the cooperative is more of a marble cake
Explain or define the 10th amendment
It is rights reserved to the states,
What is dual federalism
A system of government in which both the state of national government remain supreme with their own spheres each responsible for some policies (layered cake)
What is Cooperative federalism
A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government( marble cake)
What is fiscal federalism
The pattern of spending taxing and providing grants and federal system
What is an unfunded mandate
Regulations or conditions for receiving grants that imposed costs on state or local government or private entities for which they are not reimbursed by federal government
Define extradition
The constitution says that states are required to return a person charged with crimes in another state to that state for trial and imprisonment
Explain full faith and credit
Article 6 section 1 of the Constitution requires each state to recognize the official document and civil judgment rendered by courts in other states