National and State Powers Flashcards
An understanding of federalism must begin with the ___
constitution
Constitution grants 3 types of power to the national government
Expressed, Implied, Inherent
The ___ powers are those powers directly stated in the constitution
expressed
Expressed powers are also called ____ powers
Enumerated
The necessary and proper clause (Article 1, Section 8) is also called ____
The elastic clause
______ powers have helped the national gov. strengthen and expand its authority
Implied
Article VI, Section 2, of the Constitution makes the acts and treaties of the US supreme
supremacy clause
Examples of supremacy clause:
the power to tax, maintain courts and define crimes, and to appropriate private property for public use
States must have congressional permission to collect duties on exports or imports or to make agreements - called ____ - with other states
compacts
______ enumerates those things that the national governments cannot do
Cannot tax exports
Cannot interfere with the ability of states to carry out their responsibilities
Article I, Section 9,
_______ presents a list of powers denied to the states
No state can make treaties or alliance with foreign nations
Coin money
Make laws impairing the obligation of contracts
Grant titles of nobility
Article I, Section 10,
Five states that came from other states
Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maine
____rejected statehood by a vote in 1993
Puerto Ricans
_________supports federalism by helping governors in state policy making and influencing national policy
The National Governor’s Association (NGA)
No amendment can be added to the Constitution unless ___ of the states approve it
¾
The states perform two important functions for the national government
State and local governments conduct and pay for elections of all national government officials
States play a key role in the process of amending the Constitution
The ______ gives Congress the power to admit new states to the Union
Constitution
Acts of admission, are subject to _______ ___
presidential veto
Procedure for admission begins when Congress passes an ______ ___
enabling act
States must have ________ permission to collect duties on exports or imports or to make agreements - called compacts - with other states
congressional
The constitution obliges the national government to do three things:
(1) The national government must guarantee each state a republican form of government
(2) The national government must protect states from invasion and domestic violence
(3) The national government has the duty to respect the territorial integrity of each state
____ has given the president the authority to send federal troops to put down domestic disorders when state officials ask for help
Congress
When national laws are violated, federal property threatened, or federal responsibilities interefered with, the ____ may send troops to a state without a request
president
The national government must protect states from ______ and the national government has extended its definition of domestic violence to include _____ ____
invasion; natural disasters
Most of these powers are found in the _______ of the Constitution
first three articles
Article IV of the Constitution requires the states to do the following:
Give “full faith and credit” to the laws, records, and court decisions of other states
Give one another’s citizens all the “privileges and immunities” of their citizens
Extradite
This clause applies only to ____ ___
civil law
_____ refer to civil laws passed by state legislatures
Public acts
_____ mean documents as mortgages, deeds, leases, wills, marriage licenses, are registrations, and birth certificates
Records
The phrase______ _____ refers to various court actions such as judgements to pay a debt
judicial proceedings
The____ __ ____ ____ doesn’t apply to voting, serving on juries, or using certain public facilities
privileges and immunities clause
______ provides for the extradition of fugitives
Article IV, Sec 2
National government or foreign countries may also be part of an ______ _____
interstate compact
Once a compact has been signed and approved by Congress, its terms are enforceable by the ______ ___
Supreme Court
Many compacts today deal with the _____ ___ _____ __ _______ ______
development and conservation of natural resources
Suites among two or more states are heard in the ___ _______ _____
US Supreme Court
____ ____ _____- favors state and local action in dealing with problems
States’ rights position
_____ ______ - favors national action in dealing with these matters
Nationalist position
The ___ Amendment says powers not delegated to the national govt are reserved to the states or the people
10th
______ position rejects the idea of the Constitution as merely a compact among states
Nationalists
