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federalism vocab
federalism vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| expressed powers | list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of Constitution that set forth the authoritative capacity of Congress |
| implied powers | those powers authorized by a legal document (from the Constitution) which, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated |
| inherent powers | powers held by a sovereign state |
| reserved powers | those powers which under Amendment 10 to Constitution are reserved to the states or the people |
| concurrent powers | powers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the State and the federal government |
| full faith and credit clause | addresses the duties that states within U.S. have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state" |
| dual federalism | political arrangement in which power is divided between national and state governments in clearly defined terms, with state governments exercising those powers accorded to them without interference from the national government |
| doctrine of nullification | allows a state to invalidate, that is, to void, for its own territory any federal law deemed unconstitutional by that state |
| cooperative federalism (1/2) | concept of federalism in which national, state, and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively to solve common problems, rather than making policies separately |
| cooperative federalism (2/2) | but more or less equally or clashing over a policy in a system dominated by the national government |
| creative federalism | form of federalism that emphasized that the federal government determined the needs of the states |
| new federalism | political philosophy of devolution , or the transfer of certain powers from the U.S. Federal Government back to the states |
| devolution | statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to government at a subnational level, such as a regional, local, or state level |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | states can’t tax the federal government |
| fiscal federalism | concerned with "understanding which functions and instruments are best centralized and which are best placed in the sphere of decentralized levels of government” |
| grants-in-aid | money coming from central government for a specific project |
| categorical grants | grants which may be spent only for narrowly-defined purposes |
| block grants | large sum of money granted by the national government to a regional government with only general provisions as to the way it is to be spent |
| federal mandates | federal law or act compelling State to take certain actions sometimes without providing funding |
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