POLS 1101 Chp 2 & 3

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Across
  1. 2. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the Constitution.
  2. 7. sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  3. 11. ultimate authority rests with the state (or regional) governments.
  4. 16. – allows Congress to provide for the common defense and common good of the country.
  5. 19. ultimate authority rests with the national government.
  6. 20. initial governing authority of the United States
  7. 21. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
  8. 22. not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
  9. 24. held by both the national and state governments in a federal system.
  10. 26. gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and the states.
  11. 27. required states to return runaway slaves; negated by the Thirteenth Amendment
  12. 28. authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches, thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over the other branches.
  13. 30. an agreement between the small and large states which defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have.
Down
  1. 1. powers retained by the states under the Constitution.
  2. 3. – rule by the people
  3. 4. pres. Roosevelt's proposal in 1937 to "reform" the Supreme Court by appointing an additional justice for each justice older than 70.
  4. 5. where state governments and the federal government basically have separate functions.
  5. 6. – Federal law is superior to state laws.
  6. 8. 1819 Supreme Court decision that gave Congress the right to create a bank.
  7. 9. – court’s authority to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
  8. 10. people who supported the Constitution during the ratification period
  9. 12. – a set of Electors, elected by the people, who elect a candidate to (
  10. 13. opposed to a strong central government
  11. 14. authority is divided among branches, each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility.
  12. 15. explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution.
  13. 17. Initial governing authority of the United States
  14. 18. Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election.
  15. 23. Form of democracy; political power is exercised directly by citizens.
  16. 25. derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.
  17. 29. the supreme law of the US.