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20 Cards in this Set
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Federalism
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Organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have suthority over the sam area.
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Unitary Governments
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All power resides in the central government (Most governments today are unitary)
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Intergovernmental relations
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enitre set of interactions among national, state and local government
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Supremacy clause
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Supreme Law: (Article VI)
1. The constitution 2. Laws of the national government 3. treaties (can only be made by the national governmnent) |
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10th Amendment
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"Powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution , nor prohibited by the States are reserved by the states and the people"
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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1819 supreme court decision that established supremacy clause
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enumerated powers
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powers specifically addressed in the constitution (for congress, Article I, section 8)
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implied powers
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Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated "necessary and proper"
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elastic clause
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"necessary and proper clause
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Gibbons vs. Ogden
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1824 supreme court case gave congress the power to regulate interstate commerce
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full faith and credit
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Article IV, Section 1
requires states to recognize the official documents and civil judgemnts so rendered by the courts of other states |
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extradition
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criminal is returned to state where crime was committed.
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priveleges and immunities
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Article IV, section 2
Citizens of each state have most of the privileges of citizens of other states |
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dual federalism
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national and state governments remain supreme in their own sphere
(Layer Cake) |
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cooperative federalism
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power and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government
(Marble Cake) |
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fiscal federalism
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pattern of spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system
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categorical grants
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federal grant can only be used for a specific purpose by state and local governments
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project grants
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Grant given for specific purpose or awarded on the basis of the merits of applications
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formula grants
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grants distributed according to a forumla spedified in legislation or in administrative regulations
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block grants
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grants more or less given automatically to states or communities to support broad prgrams.
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