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Federalism refers to a system of government that divides power between member units and a common governing authority; the term can also be used to refer to the theory of or advocacy for this form of government. In the United States, the federal government is the common governing body to which the individual state governments belong.

The following pages provide information about key terms related to federalism:

Federalism terms‎ (60 P)

Amendment XIV, United States Constitution

Anti-Federalist

Anti-Federalist papers

Article V, United States Constitution

Articles of Confederation

Bill of Rights, United States Constitution

Block grant

Categorical grant

Commerce Clause

Compact theory (federalism)

Confederation

Dual federalism

Dual sovereignty doctrine

Emergency mandate

Ex post facto laws

Federal highway system

Federalism

Federalists

Federation

Free exercise clause

Fugitive Slave Acts

Horizontal federalism

Implied powers

Incorporation of the Bill of Rights

Interlocking (cooperative) federalism

Judicial activism

Judicial review

Jurisdiction

Jurisdictional competition

Kentucky Resolution of 1798

Laboratories of democracy

Market-preserving federalism

Necessary and Proper Clause

Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Nullification

Nullification Crisis

Overturned

Precedent

Preemption

Privileges and Immunities Clause

Regulatory mandate

Right to privacy

Separation of powers

Social contract theory

Sovereign immunity

Standing (administrative state)

Stare decisis

State budget officers

State sovereignty

Substantive law and procedural law

Supremacy Clause

Symmetric (con)federations

Taxing and spending clause

Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States (1787)

The Federalist Papers

Unfunded mandates

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

United States Constitution

Virginia Resolution of 1798

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• Federalism

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