Key term Gov.

a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments

• Federalism

•  Expressed powers

•  implied powers

•  Necessary and proper clause

 a centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government

• implied powers

• Unitary System

• Reserved powers

 a centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government

•  Expressed powers

•  concurrent powers

• Intergovernmental relations

•  specific powers granted by the constitution to congress and to the president

 

• Police power

• Reserved powers

• Expressed powers

•  implied powers

• powers derived from the necessary and proper clause; such powers are not specifically expressed but are implied through expansive interpretation of delegated powers

•  Necessary and proper clause

• Dual Federalism  

•  implied powers

provides congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed power

•  Necessary and proper clause

• Police power

• Intergovernmental relations

powers that are not specifically delegated to the nation government or denied to the states

• Police power

• Reserved powers

• Commerce clause

•  grants-in-aid

 powers that are not specifically delegated to the nation government or denied to the states

•  concurrent powers

• Privileges and immunities clause

• Home rule

 power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizen

• Home rule

• Dual Federalism 

• Police power

a state cannot discriminate against someone from another state or give its residents special privileges

• Privileges and immunities clause

• Dual Federalism

• • Commerce clause