Government: Unit 2 - Federalism

Powers that are specifically stated in the Constitution that belong to the national government

• Concurrent Powers

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

• Police Powers

Powers held jointly by the national and state governments

• Reserved Powers

• Expressed Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Implied Powers

Powers not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people

• Reserved Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Implied Powers

• Inherent Powers

Powers that are thought to be reasonably granted, but not spelled out specifically, in the Constitution

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Inherent Powers

Powers of the states to protect the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public

• Police Powers

• Implied Powers

• Expressed Powers

• Concurrent Powers

Makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits

• Supremacy Clause

• New States Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Commerce Clause

Congress can admit new states into the United States beyond those already in existence

• Privileges and Immunities Clause

• New States Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

Requires states to honor the public acts and judicial decisions that take place in another state

• New States Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Commerce Clause

Delegates Congress the ability to regulate economic activity between foreign nations, several states, and with Indian tribes

• Privileges and Immunities Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Commerce Clause

A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies

• Dual Federalism

• Fiscal Federalism

• Marble Cake Federalism

• New Federalism