Exam 3: Federalism and the Separation of Powers

While several states,including Massachusetts and New York,have allowed same-sex marriage,other states have historically not been required to recognize those marriages because of:

Congress uses grants-in-aid because it does not have the political or constitutional power to command local governments to do its bidding.

We know that states have the power to establish local governments even though that power is not specifically granted to either the federal or state governments in the text of the Constitution.This is an example of ________ power.

Powers reserved to the government to regulate the health,safety,and morals of its citizens are known as ________ powers.

In 1973,at the height of the oil shortage,a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour was imposed on the states by congressional legislation that threatened withdrawal of highway funds if state legislatures failed to lower allowable speeds.This is an example of encouraging state behavior through:

Why has the notion of states' rights continued to be an issue of some controversy in the American system?

Article IV of the U.S.Constitution calls for "full faith and credit," meaning that:

If a citizen were to sue a state for violating a law passed by Congress,his or her lawsuit would fail because the state could invoke the power of:

Citing specific decisions,explain how the Supreme Court has influenced the evolution of federalism in the American system of government.

Shortly after its founding,the Supreme Court quickly encouraged Congress to exercise the power granted in the necessary and proper clause.

When the Supreme Court ruled that a state could not tax the Bank of the United States in McCulloch v.Maryland,it said that when a state law conflicts with a federal law,the state law should be deemed invalid.This exemplifies the application of the:

In the early years of the Republic,states turned to compacts primarily to settle border disputes.

The U.S.Constitution recognizes local governments as a third level of federalism.

In the 2006 Supreme Court decision Gonzales v.Oregon,the Supreme Court held which of the following?

Which of these is NOT a constitutional mechanism for the three branches of government to check and balance each other?

The power to charter banks is an example of a(n)________ power.

Powers not granted to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states or to the people.

Two or more states reach a legally binding agreement about how to solve a problem that crosses state lines through:

Wherever there is a direct conflict of laws between the federal and the state levels,the issue will most likely be resolved in favor of states' rights.

Within the system of separated powers,the framers provided for supremacy by the: