Chapter 3 Flashcards
All power resides in central government
One layer-one level
Unitary governments
Many levels of government with shared power
Federalism
Interaction among levels of government such as national, state and local sharing info, regulations and transferring of funds
Intergovernmental relations
10th amendment where powers not thought of by the government are still reserved for the people
Such as the south couldn’t leave the union during the Civil War
Supremacy clause
Case where national government was declared supreme over state governments and implied powers necessary and proper and promoted state policies
Mcculloch vs. Maryland
Listed in numbers of what government could do or their powers
Enumerated powers
Making all laws necessary and proper for execution
Implied powers
Allowing all laws necessary and proper to be passed to carry out enumerated powers
Elastic clause
Case where the idea that government could regulate economy or any form of commerce activity came about
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Requiring each state to recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of other states
Full faith and credit
Person who commits crime in more than one state must go back to the state where the worst crime occurred
Extradition
Getting privileges like other states citizens
Privileges and immunities
Simple layer cake
Government and state do different things
Dual federalism
Marble cake
States and governments work together in coordination
Cooperative federalism
Moving away from Federal government doing things to local government doing things
Devolution