Federalism

Question 1

constituent units

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unités constitutives

Question 2

attempt

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tentative

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feature

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caractéristique

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to allow

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permettre

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Throughout

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tout au long de

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underlay

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sous-jacente

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Subsequently

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Par la suite

Question 8

plaintiff

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plaignant

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require

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exiger

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to arise

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naître / surgir

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to retain

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retenir

Question 12

10th Amendment

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“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
The final amendment in the Bill of Rights. The powers not given to the federal government and not forbidden to the states are reserved to the states or to the people.

Question 13

McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

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an 1819 Supreme Court decision in which the Justices confirmed that federal law is superior to state laws. This was the first major case on federalism, and it led to a vast expansion of federal powers.

Question 14

to assert

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affirmer

Question 15

the Necessary and Proper Clause

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Article I, Section 8
Which gives Congress the
“power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper” to accomplish its constitutional
duties

Question 16

the Supremacy Clause

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Article VI
which the Court used to confirm
that federal law was inherently superior to state law

Question 17

Obamacare

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2010
the Affordable Care Act

Question 18

roughly

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grodssièrement

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“laboratories of
democracy,”

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a phrase coined by Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis to describe how a state can experiment with progressive policies without posing great risk to the rest of the country.

Question 20

retail

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commerce de détail

Question 21

federal overreach

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the criticism that the federal government acts unconstitutionally by taking on powers which should be reserved to the states.
(ingérence du gouvernement fédéral
(ex : in Massachusetts))

Question 22

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health

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2022
let the choice to states on the right or not on abortion

Question 23

Full Faith and Credit Clause

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Article IV Section 1
Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.”

Question 24

Privileges and Immunities Clause

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Article IV Section 2
to prohibit interstate discrimination. Thus, when a citizen of one state visits another state, they will have the same rights (privileges) and the same legal protections (immunities) as any citizen of that state.

Question 25

only Congress can decide the addition of new states to the Union

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Article IV Section 3

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an obligation for the federal government to guarantee to the states the existence of a republican form of government

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Article IV Section 4

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Due to

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En raison de

Question 28

Federal system

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a form of government that divides sovereign power across at least two political units. In the United states, power is shared between the federal and state governments

Question 29

States’ sovereignty / rights

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the idea that states are entitled to a certain amount of selfgovernment, free of federal government intervention.

Question 30

Unitary system

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a system in which the national, centralized government holds ultimate authority.