Powers and Responsibilities
Powers granted specifically to the federal government that are listed in the Constitution.
Expressed Powers
Federal, State, or Shared: The power to collect taxes
Shared
When federal tax dollars are shared with state and local governments. What is this called?
Revenue Sharing
legislation that directs the territory to draft a state constitution establishing a representative government.
When there is a conflict between state and federal government, who has superiority?
Federal
Powers that are suggested by the expressed powers in the Constitution
implied powers
Federal, State, or Shared: Conduct elections
State
This is money given to the state by the federal government, but it is to be utilized for specific programs/projects.
Grants-in-aid
Legislation that makes the territory a state with status equal to that of all the other states.
Act of Admission
Often, states are the first to implement cutting edge legislation. The experimentation in legislation by the states has earned them the nickname "__________ of democracy."
laboratories
Inherent powers
Federal, State, or Shared: raise and support armed forces.
Federal
A form of grants-in-aid, but can be used for projects in a specific category.
categorical grants
laws that govern relationships among individual parties and that define people's legal rights.
Civil Laws
One of the perks of a federal system is that the federal government serves as a __________ authority. The states must defer to it.
Powers not granted to the federal government, but given specifically to the states.
Reserved powers
Federal, State, or Shared: make and enforce laws
Shared
Another form of grant-in-aid, but is very broad. It could be used for something as broad as community welfare or education.
Block grant
The process of sending a suspect or criminal back to the state from which he or she has fled.
Extradition
We have 1 federal government, but how many state governments do we have?
50
Powers that the Constitution neither grants exclusively to the federal government nor denies to the states.
Concurrent Powers
Federal, State, or Shared: create license requirements for professionals
Federal Mandates
Agreements with other states, usually pertaining to things like flood control, protection of natural resources, etc.
Interstate Compacts
What is the primary argument made against a powerful federal government? (Think about the states)
Restricts the power of the states to govern themselves how they see fit.