Federalism

2. Powers under the Constitution that are shared by the federal government and the states.
5. A system in which a central government has complete power over its constituent units or states
6. Exclusion of the states from actions that might interfere with federal authority or statutes.
9. Part of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution that says those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people.
13. Powers of a government to protect the health, safety, and general well-being of its people
14. The transfer of funds from the federal government to the state governments so that the federal government can carry out national policy objectives.
16. The section of the Fourteenth Amendment that prohibits states from depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property “without due process of law,” a guarantee against arbitrary government action.

1. The provision in Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution, which provides that states must respect the public acts, laws, and judicial rulings of other states.
3. The section of the Fourteenth Amendment that provides for equal treatment by government of people residing within the United States and each of its states.
4. A system of federalism in which state and national powers are neatly divided between the national and state governments. Most powers of the national government are not shared with the states, and most powers of the states are not shared with the national government.
7. Federal aid to states and localities clearly specifying what the money can be used for.
8. An attempt by states to declare national laws or actions null and void.
10. Federal grants to the states to pay for services or programs with fewer rules and restrictions than categorical grants.
11. aka the elastic clause; gives Congress the authority to make whatever laws are necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated powers and the responsibilities mentioned in the Constitution’s preamble.
12. Federalism in which the powers and responsibilities of the states and the national government are intertwined and in which they work together to solve common problems.
15. The delegation of authority over government programs from the federal government down to state and/or local governments.