Federalism
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A system where the power is vested with a strong, sovereign national government.
Britain and France are excellent examples. Unitary
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This clause in the final paragraph of Article I of the Constitution, authorizes Congress to pass all laws needed to carry out the enumerated powers: "necessary and proper" clause
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Lobbying activities by state and local governments who establish offices in DC and compete for federal funds. Intergovernmental Lobby
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The way to amend the constitution, which has been used 26 times: 2/3 Congress, ¾ states
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Sovereign in their own spheres: dual federalism
Democracies
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The founders feared that people would allow demagogues to make decisions for them if this system was implemented: direct democracy
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Also known as a republican form of government: representative democracy
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Central Government decides what is in the best interest of its people: Democratic
centralism
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Thought of as “mob rule” by the founders: direct democracy
Politicians
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Secretary of State: John Kerry
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Speaker of the House: John Boehner
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Washington’s Democratic Governor: Jay Inslee
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Senate Majority leader: Harry Reid
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First female speaker of the house and current minority leader: Pelosi
Chaaaaa-ching!
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Requirements to receive funds: conditions of aid
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These are grants given by the federal government for general purposes. The states love them. Block Grants
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Interest groups favorite type of grant: Categorical
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The Marshall court argued that this clause gave the federal government the right to have a bank: necessary and proper
The Court of Last Resort!
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Established judicial review: Marbury v. Madison
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The power to tax is the power to destroy: McCullough v Maryland
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Guns in school zones is not interstate commerce: US v. Lopez
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Liberal justices sided with the conservative administration in deciding against California’s medical marijuana laws: Gonzales v. Raich
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Established the supremacy of the federal government over the states: McCullough
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Cities can now take land if it is for economic purposes: Kelo
Convention
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The way the founders appeased both large and small states: Great Compromise
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Originally elected by state legislatures: senate
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Established a balanced delegation of northern and southern representatives: 3/5ths Comp.
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Argued that liberty would be safest in a large republic: Madison
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The plan that became the agenda at the convention: Virginia

Founding Fathers
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Argued that the real revolution was the change of hearts and minds of the colonists: Adams
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Presided over the constitutional convention: Washington
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Lead the antifederalists: Jefferson
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Argued for a president for life: Hamilton
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Called the Father of the Constitution: Madison
A system of restraints
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A check granted to Congress to limit the power of the president’s veto: override
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The body that approves the president’s appointment of Supreme Court justices: Senate
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The power given to the Congress and the states to weaken the Supreme Court: amendment
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The key way the founders buffered the Supreme Court from political interference: serve for life
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The Senate’s ability to legislate is limited by the fact that these types of bills must not originate in the Senate: revenue
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An executive’s ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature: line item veto
The Constitution
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This document established a "league of friendship" among the American states, but proved too weak to survive. Articles of Confederation
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This is proposed by 2/3 of both Houses of Congress and ratified by 3/4 of the states:
Constitutional Amendment
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The power of one of the branches of government to block the acts of the other two:
checks and balances
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Within this essay James Madison argues that factions can be best controlled under a large federal government system: Federalist 10
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Forbidden in the Constitution, this law would declare a person guilty of a crime
WITHOUT a trial: Bill of Attainder
Elites
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Argued that the bureaucrats were behind the scenes with the real power: Weber
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View that the competition between a variety of elites will not allow in one group to have too much power: pluralist
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Argued that those who control the money have the power: Marx
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C. Write Mills argued that these three small groups have the power: military officials,
Corporate officials, select government officials
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Madison seems to agree with the pluralist view when he argued that competing factions would have to form these to get anything done: coalitions