Fichas
vocab 4
Fichas del conjunto (21)
- 1federalismA system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments.
- 2divison of powersBasic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the States).
- 3delgated powersThose powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Government by the Constitution.
- 4expressed powersThose delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution; also called the “enumerated powers.”
- 5implied powersThose delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution; those “necessary and proper” to carry out the expressed powers; see delegated powers, expressed powers.
- 6inherent powersPowers that the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community.
- 7reserved powersThose powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the states.
- 8exclusive powerThose powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone.
- 9concurrent powersThose powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise.
- 10supremacy clauseprohibits states from interfering with the federal government's exercise of its constitutional powers
- 11enabling actA congressional act directing the people of a United States territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step towards admission to the Union.
- 12act of admissionA congressional act admitting a new State to the Union.
- 13grants-in-aid programGrants of federal money or other resources to States, cities, counties,
and other local units. - 14categorical grantOne type of federal grants-in-aid; made for some specific, closely defined, purpose.
- 15block grantOne type of federal grants in aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy.
- 16project grantOne type of federal grants-in-aid; made for specific projects to states, localities, and private agencies who apply for them.
- 17interstate compactFormal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States, or between a State and a foreign State.
- 18full faith and credit clauseConstitution’s requirement that each State accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State.
- 19extraditionThe legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
- 20privileges and immunities clauseConstitution’s stipulation (Article IV, Section 2) that all citizens are entitles to certain “privileges and immunities,” regardless of their State of residence’ no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
- 21—
Información
- Descripción
- Fichas sobre vocab 4, creado por KADEN ELZA el 19/10/2021.
- Creado por
- KADEN ELZA
- Visitas
- 0
- Valoración