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This is the term given to authority shared by national and local governments (and yes, it's that easy).
What is federalism?
100
This is the other name for the necessary and proper clause.
What is the elastic clause?
100
This is the name of a state's power to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens.
What is police power?
100
This is the general term for money given by the national government to the states.
What is a grant-in-aid?
100
The Tenth Amendment most often comes into conflict with this other part of the Constitution.
What is the necessary & proper clause?
200
This is the case that resulted in a broad reading of the "necessary and proper" clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
200
This is the name given to the now-discredited doctrine that held that the federal government is supreme within its sphere, that the states are supreme within their spheres, and the two are to be kept separate.
What is dual federalism?
200

This person loves pickles.

Who is Mallory Kelly?

200
This is Nathan Little's favorite musical group.

What is Lil Uzi Vert? Seriously, what is it?

200
雖然白雪公主是一部好電影，但這個更好。
What is The Godfather?
300

These are two provisions in the Constitution that "establish" federalism.

What are Art. I, sec. 8 and the 10th Amendment?

300

This person really likes Marvel superhero movies.

Who is Harris Johnson?

300

This is the why you and I are protected against the states' taking away our liberties.

What is the selective incorporation into the Due Process clause of liberties protected in the Bill of Rights? 

300

This is a federal grant for a specific purpose, such as building a road.

What is a categorical grant?

300

This is the significance of U.S. v. Lopez.

What is it was the first case in modern times to limit what Congress can do under the Commerce Clause?

400

This person cannot roll his or her tongue.

Who is Cunningham Copeland?

400
This case resolved the question of which part of the federal gov't gets to decide finally whether a law is constitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison (just checking).
400
This is a direction from the federal government to take action without a corresponding grant of money to pay for the action.
What is an unfunded mandate?
400
This clause of the Constitution requires each State to honor the official acts of all other States.
What is the "full faith and credit" clause?
400
This provision of the Constitution requires a State to return a fugitive from justice to the State in which an alleged crime occurred.
What is extradition?
500
This is the clause in the Constitution that prohibits a State from discriminating unreasonably against the citizens of another State.
What is the privileges and immunities clause?
500
These are some of the potential benefits of federalism.
What is (a) States can function as "laboratories of change"; (b) there are lots of opportunities to influence government; (c) harder for any one interest group to dominate; and (d) diversity of policies often makes sense given differences in States.
500
These are some potential downsides to federalism.
What are (a) confusion over which government one should deal with; (b) a "race to the bottom" by States seeking to spend less money on social services; and (c) potential for states and locales to ignore federal policies.
500
This is the significance of McCulloch v. Maryland.
What is (a) it affirmed the supremacy of federal action when Congress is acting within the sphere of its Constitutional authority, and (b) it provided an expansive reading of the "necessary and proper" clause?
500

This person fell out of a shopping cart once.

Who is Hannah Zoghby?