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FEDERALISM AND THE DIVISION OF POWER FEDERALISM DEFINED: A system in which powers of government are divided between the central government and state government This is a compromise. NATIONAL POWERS: Delegated Powers: these


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FEDERALISM AND THE DIVISION OF POWER

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FEDERALISM DEFINED:

  • A system in which powers of

government are divided between the central government and state government

  • This is a compromise….
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NATIONAL POWERS:

  • Delegated Powers: these powers

are expressly given to the national government in the Constitution

  • Inherent Powers: those powers that

belong to the national government because it is a sovereign state

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NATIONAL POWERS:

  • Implied Powers: these powers

derive logically from the expressed powers as a result of the “necessary and proper” clause

  • This has always been a source of

controversy…

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RESERVED POWERS:

  • Identified in Article IV and guaranteed in

the 10th Amendment

  • These powers belong to the states
  • Neither expressly given to the National

Government nor denied to the State Governments

  • There is no complete list of these powers...
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PROHIBITED POWERS:

  • Some are expressly denied…
  • Some are denied by silence…
  • Some are denied based on

federalism...

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CONCURRENT POWERS:

  • Powers that are shared

by both the state and National Government

  • They are exercised

separately and simultaneously!

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SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND

The Constitution is above all other forms of law. The Supreme Court decides conflicts arising from Federalism!