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| 4749633483 | Reserved Powers | Powers given to the States by the 10th amendment | 0 | |
| 4749633484 | Delegated Powers | Term for powers given to the national Government | 1 | |
| 4749635244 | Concurrent Powers | Powers held by both national and state governments at the same time | 2 | |
| 4749635245 | Denied Powers | Powers that neither state or national governments are allowed to have | 3 | |
| 4749635463 | Expressed Powers | National powers that are directly written in the Constitution | 4 | |
| 4749635464 | Implied Powers | National powers not expressly written but inferred from the elastic clause | 5 | |
| 4749636036 | Inherent Powers | National powers that are naturally needed for a government | 6 | |
| 4749636699 | Elastic Clause | Article I, section 8 of the Constitution which is the basis for implied powers | 7 | |
| 4749636700 | Supremacy Clause | Article VI of the constitution which states that all laws and treaties of the United States are Superior to those of states. | 8 | |
| 4749636936 | Federalism | A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people. It is a system of shared power between units of government. | 9 | |
| 4749637253 | Unitary Government | A way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government | 10 | |
| 4749637254 | Intergovermental Relations | The workings of the federal system- the entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments. | 11 | |
| 4749638115 | 10th Amendment | The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. | 12 | |
| 4749638116 | Full faith and credit | A clause in Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civil judgments rendered by the courts of other states. | 13 | |
| 4749638228 | Cooperative Federalism | The situation in which the national, state, and local levels work together to solve problems. "Marble Cake" | 14 | |
| 4749638349 | Dual Federalism | A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies. "Layer Cake" | 15 | |
| 4749638913 | Formula Grants | Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations. | 16 | |
| 4749639179 | Unfunded Mandate | A federal order mandating that states operate and pay for a program created at the national level | 17 | |
| 4749639180 | Ex post facto law | A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed | 18 | |
| 4749640454 | Interstate Compacts | Agreements among states to cooperate on solving mutual problems; requires approval by Congress | 19 | |
| 4749641170 | Preemption | A concept derived from the Constitution's supremacy clause that allows the national government to override or preempt state or local actions in certain areas | 20 | |
| 4749641456 | Categorical Formula Grants | Federal grant where Congress appropriates funds for specific purposes. Tightly monitored to make sure its being used correctly. Certain requirements must be passed in order to get this grant (ex: Medicaid) | 21 | |
| 4749642547 | McCulloch v. Maryland | This case established two important principles in constitutional law. First, the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government. Second, state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government. | 22 | |
| 4749642548 | Gibbons v. Ogden | A landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation. | 23 |
