Powers +cases
The power that can coin money, regulate commerce, provide an army, declare war, make laws, and conduct foreign relations
Enumerated Powers (National)
The national government can regulate the economy
Commerce Clause
The practice of distributing a portion of federal or state gov income to lower levels of government (states, counties, cities)
Revenue Sharing
Can tax, borrow money, make laws, charter banks, spend money
Concurrent Powers
Gives congress broad power to carry our enumerated powers
Necessary and Proper
Lumps of sums given by the federal gov to state gov for broad reasons.
Block Grants
Control elections, ratify amendments to the Constitution, regulate interstate commerce, and establish local governments
Reserved Powers (State)
Powers not given to the national government belong to its citizens
10th Amendment
Catagorial Grant
Case where congress enacts gun free zones act, ruled the commerce clause unconstitutional for one of the first times. Constitutional Question- does congress have any limit when it comes to the commerce clause
US v Lopez
National government laws are supreme over states
Supremacy Clause
A strict order from the fed gov that the states and local gov have to follow
Mandates
A case where the constitutional question is whether the state government can tax fed gov brings back problems with the national bank, a man tries to tax a federal bank.
McCulloch v Maryland
The federal government can act to protect citizens from their states.
14th Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection