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| Grants of federal money or other rescources to the states and/or their cities counties, and other local units |
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| Division of power amoung central government and several reginal governments |
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| Statement in U.S. constitution (Article 1, section 3) granting congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out list of powers |
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| Powers the constitution does not grant the National Government and does not deny to the states (forbid person under 18 to marry without consent, ban gambling) |
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| System of overlaping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others |
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| Act in creating a new state |
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| Powers that both the National Government and States possess & exercise (power to levy &collect taxex, define crimes & set punishments for them) |
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| Power of courts to determine whether what government does is in acord with what the constitution provides |
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| Powers the constitutin delegates to the National Gov alone (make treaties with other foreign states, power to coin money) |
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| A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law |
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| Pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state (informal) |
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| Powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it its the government of a sovereign state within the world community (Power to regulate immigration) |
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| articles in Constitution? |
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| amendments in Constitution? |
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| Formal agreement between two or more sovereign states |
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| President may reject any act of congress |
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| Delegated powers of National Government spelled out in constitution (power to lay and collect taxes, to coin money,to declare war) |
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| advisory body to the president |
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| Legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state can be returned to that state |
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