Chapter 7: Federalism

________ have the right to travel through other states, buy, sell, and hold property, and enter into contracts (political and professional rights excluded)

________ have the right to travel through other states, buy, sell, and hold property, and enter into contracts (political and professional rights excluded)

Non-residents

________ is a no- strings- attached form of aid.

Revenue sharing

Delegated powers: Expressed or enumerated powers specifically given to the ________ in Articles I- V of the Constitution.

national government

________: states may return fugitives to the state from which they have fled to avoid criminal prosecution at the request of the governor of the state.

Extradition

The ________ defined commerce as including all business dealings and held that the power to regulate interstate commerce belongs exclusively to the national government.

Marshall court

________ imposed a tax on the Baltimore branch of the Second National Bank of the United States.

Maryland

________: states may make agreements, sometimes requiring Congressional approval, to work together to solve regional problems.

Interstate compacts

________ carried a concealed weapon into his San Antonio high school and was charged with violating this federal law after the state charges were dismissed.

Alfonso Lopez

________ are requirements imposed by the national government on state and local governments.

Mandates

Implied powers: Powers not expressly stated but reasonably inferred from the Constitution, such as the Necessary and ________ (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18)

Proper Clause

The ________:"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 ..

10th Amendment

________ provides national guarantees to the states, including:

Article IV of the Constitution

Privileges and ________: prohibits states from unreasonably discriminating against residents of other states.

Immunities Clause

Full Faith and ________: requires states to recognize laws and legal documents of other states, such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, driver's licenses, and wills.

Credit Clause

________ has evolved to meet changing societal needs and challenges since the founding of the US.

Federalism

________ uses spending, taxation, and grants to influence state and local governments.

National government

Expressed or enumerated powers specifically given to the national government in Articles I-V of the Constitution

Delegated powers

Powers not expressly stated but reasonably inferred from the Constitution, such as the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18)

Implied powers

Powers that the national government possesses because it is sovereign

Inherent powers

Powers shared by both the national and state governments

Concurrent powers

Powers specifically belonging to the states that were not delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states by the Constitution, according to the 10th Amendment and Article IV of the Constitution

Reserved powers

Powers that are denied to the national government, state governments, or both, as stated in Article I, Sections 9 and 10, and the Amendments

Prohibited powers

"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."

The 10th Amendment

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

The 14th Amendment

Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution gives Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes."

The Commerce Clause

requires states to recognize laws and legal documents of other states, such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, driver's licenses, and wills

Full Faith and Credit Clause

prohibits states from unreasonably discriminating against residents of other states

Privileges and Immunities Clause

states may return fugitives to the state from which they have fled to avoid criminal prosecution at the request of the governor of the state

Extradition

states may make agreements, sometimes requiring Congressional approval, to work together to solve regional problems

Interstate compacts