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| 227594823 | Devolution Revolution | The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states. | |
| 227594824 | Federalism | constitutional arrangement whereby power is distributed between a central government and subdivisional governments called states in the united states. The national and the subdivisional governments both exercise direct authority over individuals | |
| 227594825 | Unitary System | constitutional arrangement in which power is concentrated in a central government | |
| 227594826 | Confederation | constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states, by compact, create a central government but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals | |
| 227594827 | Express Powers | Powers specifically granted to one of the branches of the national government by the constitution (power to regulate interstate commerce, appropriate funds) | |
| 227594828 | Implied Powers | powers inferred from the express powers that allow congress to carry out its functions (power to create banks) | |
| 227594829 | Necessary and Proper Clause | Clause of the constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18) setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress, in addition to its express powers, has the right to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out all powers vested by the constitution in the national government | |
| 227594830 | Inherent Powers | The powers of the national government in the field of foreign affairs that the supreme court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government | |
| 227594831 | Commerce Clause | ..., The clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations. | |
| 227594832 | Federal mandate | A requirement imposed by the federal government as a condition for the receipt of federal funds. | |
| 227594833 | Concurrent Powers | Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and the state governments, such as the power to levy taxes | |
| 227594834 | Full Faith and Credit Clause | Clause in the Constitution (Article IV, Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid | |
| 227594835 | Privileges and Immunities Clause | The Privileges and Immunities Clause (U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1, also known as the Comity Clause) prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner | |
| 227594836 | Extradition | Legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to officials of the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed. | |
| 227594837 | Interstate Compact | An agreement among two or more states. The constitution requires that most such agreements be approved by Congress. | |
| 227594838 | National Supremacy | Constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state or local government, the actions of the federal government prevail. | |
| 227594839 | Preemption | The right of a federal law or regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation. | |
| 227594840 | Centralists | People who favor national action over action at the state and local levels | |
| 227594841 | Decentralists | People who favor state or local action rather than national action | |
| 227594842 | States' Rights | Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states and emphasized by decentralists | |
| 227594843 | Dual Federalism | the national government is supreme in its sphere, the states are supreme in theirs, and the two spheres should be kept separate | |
| 227594844 | Cooperative Federalism | A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government. They may also share costs, administration, and even blame for programs that work poorly. | |
| 227594845 | New Federalism/ "our federalism" | ..., a policy in 1969, that turned over powers and responsibilities of some U.S. federal programs to state and local governments and reduced the role of national government in domestic affairs (states are closer to the people and problems)attempt to go back to dual federalism, go back to strict constructionist | |
| 227594846 | Categorical Grants | grants, issued by the United States Congress, which may be spent only for narrowly-defined purposes | |
| 227594847 | Block Grants | In a fiscal federal form of government, a block grant is a 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 |
