Government Powers and Constitutional Clauses

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing forms of government, powers, and constitutional clauses from lecture notes.

Sovering power

Concept where each unit of government, state and national, have some level of auhtoirty and autonomy.

Police Powers

Power to enforce laws and provide for public safety.

Concurrent powers

Occurs when repsonbility is shared amoung the lvele sof government.

Local gov

Government entities created by state charters.

Unitary government

System where national, centralized government hold ultimate auhtoirty and is the most common form of government.

Confederate government

System where states have most power with a limited natioanl government.

Intergovernmental pragnization

Entity created to coordinate policy across member nations.

Necesssary and porper clause

Constitutional clause located in Article I Section 8.

National supremacy clause

Constitutional clause in Article VI designating the supreme law of land.

10th ammendment

States that powers not given to national government are reserved for the state and people as long as the states are not prohibited from having that power.

Full faith and credit clause

Clause establishing that each states laws must be honored by other states.