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| A legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officals of one state to officals of the state in which the crime is alleged to have been commited. |
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| Full faith and credit clause |
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| A clause in article 4, section 1, of the constitution requiring each state to recoqnize the offical documents and civil judgements rendered by the courts of other states. |
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| A landmark case decided in 1824 in which the Supreme Court interperted very broadly the clause in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution giving Congress the power to regulate interstate commerace, encompassing virtually every form of Commerical activity. |
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| The final paragraph of Article I , Section 8 , of the Consitution, which authorizes Congress to pass all laws " Necessary and proper " to carry out the enumerated powers. |
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| Powers of the Federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution. The Constitution states the Congress has the power to "make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution ". The powers enumated in Article I. |
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| Powers of the Federal Gov. that are specifally adressed in the Constitution for Congresss, These powers are listed in Article I , Section 8, and include the power to coin money, regulate value, and impose taxes. |
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| An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the National government over state government. In deciding this case, Chief Justice John Marshall and his colleagues held that Congress had Certain implied powers in additon to the enumerated powers found in the Constitution. |
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| The Constitutional Amendment stating that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people. |
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| Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties . Supreme over state laws when the National government is acting within it's Constitutional limit. |
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| Intergovernmental Relations |
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| The workings of the Fedual System- The entire set of interactions among national, state , and local government. |
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| A way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government. |
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| A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people. |
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| Privileges and Immunities |
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| A clause in Article IV, Section 2, of the consitution according citizens of each state most of the privileges of citizens of other states. |
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| The pattern of spending, taxing and providing grants in the Federal System ; It is the Cornerstone of the National Government's relation with state and local government. |
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| A system of government in which powers and policy assignment are shared between states and the national government. They may also share costs, administration, and even blame for programs that work poorly. |
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| Federal Grants that can be used only for specific purpose or "categories" of state and local spending. They come with string attached, such as nondiscrimination provisions. |
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| Federal categorical grants given for specific purpose and awardered on the basis of the merits of application. |
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| Federal Categorical Grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations. |
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| Federal Grants given more or less automatically to states or Communities to support bbroad programs in areas such as community development and social services. |
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