Federalism

Unitary Government

Intergovernmental relations

Confederation

Supremacy Clause

Tenth Amendment

Implied Powers

Enumerated Powers

Elastic Clause

McCulloch v. Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Full faith and credit

Extradition

Privileges and immunities

Dual Federalism

Cooperative federalism

Devolution

Grants-in-aid

Categorical grants

Block grants

A way to organize a nation in which two or more levels of gov’t have formal authority (shared power btwn. levels of gov’t)

A way to organize a nation so that all power resides with the central (federal) gov’t

The set of interactions among national, state, and local gov’ts

In this system, the national gov’t is weak and most or all the power is held with the states

The part in Article VI of the Constitution that makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws

It says “The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people”

Powers of the federal gov’t that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution

Powers of the federal gov’t that are specifically addressed in the Constitution (ex: coin money, impose taxes)

The final paragraph of Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which authorizes Congress to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the enumerated powers

The Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national gov’t over state gov’ts

The Supreme Court case that interpreted very broadly Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution giving Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce as encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity

Clause in Article IV of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of all other states.

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

Provision of Constitution giving citizens of each state the privileges of citizens of other states.

A system in which national government and the states remain supreme within their own spheres

States and national government share powers and policy assignments

Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal gov’t to state and local gov’ts

Federal funds appropriated by Congress for distribution to state and local gov’ts

Federal grants that can only be used for a specific purpose – they come with strings attached

Grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services