Federalism (American Government)

Recall cards on American federalism. The division of powers between the national and state governments, including unitary systems, implied powers, the necessary and proper (elastic) clause, the commerce clause, the Tenth Amendment, concurrent powers, the full faith and credit clause, and the privileges and immunities clause. The evolution of federalism from dual (layer-cake) to cooperative (marble-cake) to new federalism, with McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, nullification, devolution, and the New Deal. Intergovernmental relationships: categorical and block grants, unfunded mandates, and creeping categorization. Competitive and immigration federalism, venue shopping, and Arizona v. United States. And the advantages and disadvantages of federalism, including states as laboratories of democracy, policy diversity, the race to the bottom, and cross-state economic inequality.