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| full faith and credit clause |
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| states are required to recognize the laws and legal documents of other states, such as birth certificates, mrariage liscneses, drivers' liscenses, wills |
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| privileges and immunities clause |
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| states are prohibited from unreasonably discriminating against residents of other states. |
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| states may return fugitives to a state from which they have fled to avoid criminal prosecution at the request of the governor of the state |
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| states may make agreements, sometimes requiring congressional approval, to work together to solve regional problems. example: regulating the common use of shared natural resources, port authority of new york and nj |
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| helps to rsolve conflicts between national and state laws |
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national and state governments remain supreme within their own sphere of influence
"layer cake federalism" each level of government is separate from each other, national govt having authority over national matters and state governments having authority over state matters
ex: early belief that states had sole responsibility for education their citizens |
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national and state governments sharing policymaking and cooperating in solving problems. "marke cake federalism"
grew from policies of New Deal era and the need for the national govt to increase govt spending and public assistance programs during the Great Depression
ex: cooperation of nat and state to build the national interstate highway |
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nixon, reagan, h.w. bush
place more responsibility on the states about how grant money would be spent. devolution describes this federalism.
example: welfare reform legislation |
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| a transfer of power to political subunits |
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| the national governments patterns of spending, taxation, and providing grants to influence state and local governments |
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programs-money and resources provided by the federal govt to the state and local governments to be used for specific projects or programs
ex: public works projects, builiding canals, roads, land grants for state colleges |
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grants that have a specific purpose
may even require "matching funds"
may be in form of project grants or formula grants |
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| general grants that can be used for a variety of purposes within a broad category; preferred by states over categorial grants |
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| proposed under Johnson administration and poopular under Nixon administration; a "no strings attached" form of aid to state and local governments; not exceed more than 2 percent of revenues; eliminated during Reagan |
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requirements that are imposed by the national government on the state and local governments (Americans with Disabliities Act)
Mandates often require state or local governments to meet the requirement at their own expense (unfunded mandates)
the Republican controlled Congress passed the Unfunfded Mandate reform act, which imposed limitations on Congress's ability to pass unfunded mandate legislation |
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| the people are the source of government's authority |
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| a division of governmental powers between the national government and the states |
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| each state would count three fifths of its slave population for purposes of determining both representation and taxation |
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| commerce and slave trade compromise |
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| resolved differences between northern and southern states. congress was prohibited from taxing exports from the states and from banning the slave trade for a period of 20 years |
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| ruler gains power through inheritance; formal restrictions limit poewr, often restricting the monarch to ceremonial status |
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| rule by religious leaders |
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| democracy is a system of many groups having so much strength that government is often "pulled" in numerous directions at the same time, causing gridlock and ineffectiveness |
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| Addresses protections against self-incrimination, guarantees of due process, eminent domain, and grand jury indictment for capital crimes |
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| Unenumerates rights of people |
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| Reserves powers of the states and the people |
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| Restricts lawsuits against states |
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| provides for election of president and vice-president by separate ballot in electoral college |
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