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Federalism

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A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government share is formal authority over the same area and people

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A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government share is formal authority over the same area and people

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Federalism

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Unitary government

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A central government that holds supreme power in a nation.
Supreme power resides in the national government

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A central government that holds supreme power in a nation.
Supreme power resides in the national government

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Unitary government

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Confederation

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National government is weak, power mostly to states

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National government is weak, power mostly to states

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Confederation

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Federal

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Power is shared between the state and national government

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Intergovernmental relations

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The entire set of interactions among national state and local governments — including the sharing of information that constitute the workings of the federal system

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The entire set of interactions among national state and local governments — including the sharing of information that constitute the workings of the federal system

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Intergovernmental relations

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Supremacy clause

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The clause in article VI of the constitution that makes the constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws as long as the national government is acting within its constitution limits

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The clause in article VI of the constitution that makes the constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws as long as the national government is acting within its constitution limits

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Supremacy clause

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Three supreme laws of the land

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constitution
laws of national government
treaties (only by national government)

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10th amendment

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The national government only has the powers the constitution gives them, the states have the other powers
States have independent powers of their own

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The national government only has the powers the constitution gives them, the states have the other powers
States have independent powers of their own

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10th amendment

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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National government establish a national bank and states determined it unconstitutional and maryland taxed the bank
Chief justice, John Marshall, determined the Congress had implied powers in addition to the powers in the constitution
Established the supremacy of the national government

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National government establish a national bank and states determined it unconstitutional and maryland taxed the bank
Chief justice, John Marshall, determined the Congress had implied powers in addition to the powers in the constitution
Established the supremacy of the national government

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McCulloch v Maryland

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Enumerated powers

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Powers of the federal government that are listed explicitly in the constitution

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Powers of the federal government that are listed explicitly in the constitution

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Enumerated powers

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Implied powers

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Powers of the federal government that are beyond those enumerated in the constitution as long as it is consistent with the constitution

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Powers of the federal government that are beyond those enumerated in the constitution as long as it is consistent with the constitution

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Implied powers

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Elastic cause

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The 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

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The 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

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Elastic cause

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Gibbons v Ogden

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Congress has the power to regulate interstate & international commerce & every form of commercial activity

Supreme Court interpreted the clause in article 1 section 8 of the constitution and defined the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce encompassing virtually any form of commercial activity

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Congress has the power to regulate interstate & international commerce & every form of commercial activity

Supreme Court interpreted the clause in article 1 section 8 of the constitution and defined the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce encompassing virtually any form of commercial activity

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Gibbons v Ogden

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United States v Lopez

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Gun free school zones act of 1990 exceeded. Congress is constitutional authority to regulate commerce, and that guns in schools had nothing to do with commerce.

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Gun free school zones act of 1990 exceeded. Congress is constitutional authority to regulate commerce, and that guns in schools had nothing to do with commerce.

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United States v Lopez

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Full faith and credit clause

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A clause in article IV of the constitution, requiring each state to recognize the public acts records, and judicial procedures of all other states

Relationships and obligations that each state has to each other

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A clause in article IV of the constitution, requiring each state to recognize the public acts records, and judicial procedures of all other states

Relationships and obligations that each state has to each other

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Full faith and credit clause

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Extradition

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A legal process, where a state surrenders a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed

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A legal process, where a state surrenders a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed

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Extradition

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Privileges and immunities

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Prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states

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Prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states

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Privileges and immunities

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dual federalism

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A system of government in which the states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres, eat with different
powers and policy responsibilities

national gov some policies, state of some policies, powers are distinct

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A system of government in which the states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres, eat with different
powers and policy responsibilities

national gov some policies, state of some policies, powers are distinct

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Dual federalism

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Cooperative federalism

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A system of government in which states and the national government share powers and policy assignments

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A system of government in which states and the national government share powers and policy assignments

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Cooperative federalism

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Devolution

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Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
Giving states more power

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Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
Giving states more power

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Devolution

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Fiscal federalism

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Federal funds to state and local governments

The pattern of spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system. It is the corner state of the national government relations with state and local governments.

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Federal funds to state and local governments

The pattern of spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system. It is the corner state of the national government relations with state and local governments.

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Fiscal federalism

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Categorial grants

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Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes or categories of state and local spending. They come with strings attached, such as non-discrimination provisions.

Attaches conditions to the grand states receive

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Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes or categories of state and local spending. They come with strings attached, such as non-discrimination provisions.

Attaches conditions to the grand states receive

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Categorical grants

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Block grants

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Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broader programs in areas, such as community development and social issues

Broad areas into deciding how to spend the money

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Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broader programs in areas, such as community development and social issues

Broad areas into deciding how to spend the money

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Block grants

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Necessary & proper clause

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empowers the Congress to make all laws necessary for executing its other powers and those of the federal government as a whole

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empowers the Congress to make all laws necessary for executing its other powers and those of the federal government as a whole

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Necessary & proper clause

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