Chapter 4: the federal system

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Across
  1. 5. presided during McCulloch (John Marshall)
  2. 8. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
  3. 12. a tax imposed on individuals or entities in respect of the income or profits earned by them.
  4. 16. powers Congress exercises that the Constitution does not explicitly define
  5. 17. powers enjoyed by both the state and federal government.
  6. 18. a coalition government,
  7. 19. powers held by a sovereign state.
  8. 20. enables the people of the territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution.
  9. 21. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
  10. 22. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
  11. 23. a law that automatically terminates an agency, a law, or a government program, that fails to procure legislature approval beyond a fixed period of time.
  12. 24. a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state
Down
  1. 1. the legislative body of a country or state
  2. 2. Necessary and Proper Clause
  3. 3. the powers expressed in the Constitution.
  4. 4. hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed
  5. 6. establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws.
  6. 7. a concept that denotes anything that establishes and maintain the control of state over others states.
  7. 9. government powers specifically outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
  8. 10. a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislatures.
  9. 11. the powers that are neither prohibited nor explicitly given by law to any organ of government.
  10. 12. transacting or transportation of products, services, or money across state borders.
  11. 13. regulations requiring transparency and disclosure in government or business.
  12. 14. the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
  13. 15. This belief argues that people & states are best served with a strong central or federal government.