State and Local Governments

powers given to the Federal Government by the Constitution

• Concurrent powers
• Reserved powers
• Delegated powers

• Implied powers

powers set aside by the U.S. Constitution for the states or for the people

• Reserved powers
• Delegated powers
• Concurrent powers
• Enumerated powers

Powers shared by the Federal Government and the states

• Concurrent powers
• Exclusive powers
• Reserved powers
• Delegated powers

provision in the U.S. Constitution ensuring that each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states

• Full Faith and Credit Clause
• Interstate Commerce Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Due Process Clause

legal process for returning criminals to the place from which they fled

• Extradition
• Exile
• Repatriation
• Deportation

people represented by members of a law making body

• constituents

• citizens

• congressmen

• representatives

process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition

• Referendum

• Amendment

• Recall

• Initiative

method of referring a bill to the voters for approval before a bill can become law

• Veto
• Referendum
• Amendment
• Initiative

process by which voters may remove an elected official from office

• reelection
• recall
• resignation
• impeachment

chief executive of a state government

• Senator
• Mayor
• President
• Governor