One state recognizing a marriage sanctioned by another state is an example of the exercise of which constitutional clause?
Full faith and credit clause
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of the national government to create a national back and reaffirmed the notion of "national supremacy" in which landmark case?
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Citizens' ability to "vote with their feet" by deciding where to move results in [blank] competition among states that would be impossible under a [blank] system
Healthy; unitary
The U.S. Supreme Court has cited which Constitutional amendment in its support of states' sovereign immunity?
Eleventh Amendment
The form of government that best describes the American system while under the Articles of Confederation is
Confederal
States' sovereign immunity refers to the fact that:
States cannot be sued in federal court
Despite the shift toward supportive federalism, the supremacy of the national government continues to be reinforced by
Crises and war and the rise of coercive federalism
As part of the federalism revolution of the 1990s, the Court began to chip away at Congress's [blank] Amendment powers to remedy bad state laws
Fourteen
Which analogy best describes the federalism arrangement of the late 1930s?
Marble cake federalism
The privileges and immunities clause of the U.S. Constitution requires that state governments
Treat non state residents within their borders as they would state residents
Under a system of dual federalism, the national and state governments are
Seen as distinct entities providing separate services
The [blank] Amendment became the constitutional basis for many civil right laws passed by Congress during Reconstruction
Fourteenth
States' attempts to lure business by keeping taxes and social spending low can create
A race to the bottom
Federal preemptions allow Congress to impose national priorities on states through national legislation, a power that is rooted in the Constitution's
Supremacy Clause
The Supreme Court's late-nineteenth- and early-twenties-century decisions that Congressional commerce clause powers only extended to [blank] commerce endorsed a view of [blank]
Interstate; Laissez-faire capitalism
Competitive federalism is a form federalism in which
States compete to attract business and jobs through the polices they adopt
General revenue sharing was generally favored by the [blank], but support declined in the [blank]
States; 1980s
Which of the following best describes remedial legislation?
National laws that address discriminatory state laws
Citing the Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individuals, not just states, have the right to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law
Tenth
New Federalism was generally characterized by
Granting state and local governments greater control of nationally funded programs
New Federalism is considered to have begun under
President Nixon
The doctrine of interposition holds that if the national government passes an unconstitutional law, the people of a given state may
Declare the law void through an act of the state legislature
In recent years, traditional positions on federalism have changed somewhat, with liberals arguing for [blank] and conservatives arguing for [blank] on the issues of medicinal marijuana or gay marriage
States' rights, strong national power
Block grant consist of federal aid to state or local governments that is
To be spent within a specified policy area, through the receiving state or local government can decide how to spend within that area
Which decision was an outcome of the state-centered views on the Taney Court?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The commerce clause of Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution affords Congress broad regulatory power over
Interstate commerce
While a federalist system has the advantage of [blank], it has the disadvantage of [blank]
Encouraging policy innovation; maintaining interstate variation in resources
A unitary government is a system in which the [blank] government holds ultimate authority
National
Cooperative federalism began in what decade?
1930s
Coercive federalism describes a form of federalism in which
The national government pressures the states to change their policies by using regulations, mandates, and conditional funding