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Federalism Definitions

Federalism
Government authority shared by national and local government
 
Reserved Powers
Powers given to the state government alone
 
Initiative
Process that permits voters to put the legislative measures directly on the ballot
 
Devolution
The transfer of power from the national government to state and local
 
Concurrent Powers
State and federal gov. Share power
 
Referendum
Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature
 
Sovereignty
Supreme power and authority
 
Implied Powers
Grants congress set of powers
 
Recall
Official order to return to place
 
Recall
Official order to return to place
 
Unitary Systems
State governed as a single power
 
Denied Power
States have reserved power
 
Denied Power
States have reserved power
 
Fiscal Federalism
The division of governmental functions and financial relations
 
Confederation
Organization that consists of a number of parties or groups
 
Inherent powers
Powers that Congress and the president need
 
Grants-In-Aid
Amount of money given to a local government
 
Tenth Amendment
Any power not given to federal government is given to the states
 
John Marshall
Fourth Chief Justice of the supreme court
 
Categorical grants
Grants issued by congress, the main source of federal aid
 
Supremacy Clause
The federal laws constitute the supreme law of the land
 
Nullification
Legal theory that a state has the right to declare laws unconstitutional
 
Block grants
Grant from a central government to allocate a wide range of systems
 
Elastic Clause
Predicts all the powers of congress
 
Dual Federalism
Power is divided between state and federal government
 
Revenue Sharing Grants
Government appoints part of its tax revenue to other units of the government
 
Commerce Clause
Gives congress the power to regulate trade
 
Mandates
Official order to do something
 
Full Faith and Credit
Addresses the duty of the states
 
Creative Federalism and the Great Society
Emphasized the federal government was determined by the states
 
Unfunded Mandates
Regulation that requires a state or local government to perform a certain action
 
Priviledges and Immunities Clause
Prevents a state from discriminating citizens
 
New Federalism
Transfer of certain powers from federal government back to states
 
Conditions of Aid
Federal rules attatched to the grants that the states receive
 
Enumerated Powers
Congress may exercise the powers that the Constitution grants it
 
Fiscal Federalism
Deals with the division of government functions and finances
 
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