Unit 4 Flashcards
What are the ladder of laws
-U.S Constitution
-acts of congress and treaties
-state constitutions
-state statues
-local laws
Steps for major disaster process
-local government responds
-state responds
-damage assessment
-major disaster declaration
- fema evacuates
-president approves
What does fema mean
Federal emergency management agency
Giving money with strings attached
Categorical grant
Money given for a specific project
Project grant
Giving money for anything it’s needed for
Block grant
Conditions for admissions of states (Utah and Alaska)
-Utahs constitution outlaw polygamy
-Alaska to Union as the 49th state
A system of government in which powers of government are divided between a national and regional government
Federalism
An act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed state constitution
Enabling act
An act creating the new state
Act of admission
Preventing a person from escaping justice by fleeing a state
Extradition
What the states make to enable them to cooperate on matters of mutual concern
Interstate compact
Specifically written in the constitution (taxes, declaring war, trade)
Expressed powers
Power held by both National and state government (taxes, court)
Concurrent power
Not expressly written in the constitution (banking, interstates)
Implied powers
Not expressly written but powers that are national governments have historically processed (deport aliens, regulate immigration)
Inherent powers
Powers held only by the federal government (coin money, declare war)
Exclusive power
What is the relationship between state and local government
Local government gets its powers from the state
Agreements among states themselves
Interstate compacts
Interstate compact (all 50 states)
Supervision of parolees and probationers
What is the most famous interstate compact?
New Jersey and New York
Records are carried from one state to another
Full faith and credit clause
Two examples of full faith in credit clause
-Birth certificate
-Drivers license
No distinction between residence of different states
Privileges and immunities clause
Two examples of privileges and immunities
-fishing and hunting
-College tuition
Steps for territory to become a state
-territory decides to become a state
-territory as Congress for enabling act
-state constitution will be written in voters prove it
-Congress reviews and approved it
-presidential approval
What president vetoed an act of admission
William Howard
Grants of federal money given to states
Grants in aid
