POLS 206 TAMU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A

POLS 206 TAMU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A Enumerated Powers - Specific powers given to Congress - Stated under Article I, section 8 - necessary and proper clause - implied powers Reserved powers -10th Amendment - Powers not delegated to the national government are reserved to the States or to the people - Forms the basis for many state laws - As long as the powers are not explicitly given to the national government and the Supreme Court has not deemed such a law unconstitutional Extradition clause - Requires state to (return) criminals to states where they have been convicted or are to stand trial Dual federalism - Posits that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the best arrangement - A shift in the way federalism is interpreted - Layer cake Categorical grants - Narrowly defined purposes such as federal highway grants to states for road construction - Often available on a matching basis; states must contribute some money to match some of the federal funds - Money given to states can alter their policy objectives Missouri Compromise 1820 - → 1st major legislative compromise → Settle the slavery issue by drawing a line between state & free territory - NO slavery above 36°30' latitude like (except (state) Concurrent powers - Those shared by the federal and state governments Examples of concurrent Powers -Power to tax -Right to borrow money -Can establish courts -Charter banks -Spend money for the general welfare Supremacy Clause - Stating that all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the U.S. are "supreme law of the land" Full faith and credit clause - Requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civil judgements rendered by the courts of other states - ex: driver's license Cooperative federalism - needed because of great depression - state and local governments are like federal field agents - The intertwined relationship between national, state, and local government that began with the New Deal (marble cake federalism) - needed because of great depression - new