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A m e r i c a n G o v e r n m e n t McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 Concurrent Powers Both may tax Both may borrow money Both may establish and maintain courts Both may make and enforce laws Both may take property for public purposes Both may spend for general welfare Powers Reserved to the State To regulate intrastate commerce To establish local governments To protect the health, safety, welfare, and morals of its citizens To ratify amendments To conduct elections To specify conditions for suffrage (except for specific prohibitions in the constitution To change state Powers Delegated to the National Government To tax To regulate interstate and foreign commerce To borrow and coin money To declare war To raise and support an army To maintain a navy To provide for a militia To govern territories and property To define and punish piracies and other felonies on the high seas To establish post offices and post roads To grant patents and copyrights To fix standards of weights and measures To make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the above Prohibitions on the National Government Direct taxes must be proportionate to population of states (changed by Sixteenth Amendment, 1913) Bill of Rights may not be abridged Preference may not be given to one state over another in matters of commerce State boundaries cannot be changed without consent of states involved Newly admitted states cannot be placed on a plane of inequality Prohibitions on Both the National Government and the States May not tax exports May not grant titles of nobility Prohibitions on the States May not enter into treaties May not coin money, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace May not pass laws impairing obligations of contract May not tax imports May not violate Federal Constitution or obstruct Federal laws CONSTITUTION From McKenna: The Drama of Democracy, 3rd Ed.

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Concurrent Powers

Both may taxBoth may borrow moneyBoth may establish and maintain

courtsBoth may make and enforce lawsBoth may take property for public

purposesBoth may spend for general welfare

Powers Reserved to the State

To regulate intrastate commerceTo establish local governmentsTo protect the health, safety, welfare,

and morals of its citizensTo ratify amendmentsTo conduct electionsTo specify conditions for suffrage

(except for specific prohibitions in the constitution

To change state constitutions and governments3

Powers Delegated to the National Government

Powers Delegated to the National Government

To taxTo regulate interstate and foreign

commerceTo borrow and coin moneyTo declare warTo raise and support an armyTo maintain a navyTo provide for a militiaTo govern territories and propertyTo define and punish piracies and

other felonies on the high seasTo establish post offices and post

roadsTo grant patents and copyrightsTo fix standards of weights and

measuresTo make all laws necessary and

proper to carry out the above

To taxTo regulate interstate and foreign

commerceTo borrow and coin moneyTo declare warTo raise and support an armyTo maintain a navyTo provide for a militiaTo govern territories and propertyTo define and punish piracies and

other felonies on the high seasTo establish post offices and post

roadsTo grant patents and copyrightsTo fix standards of weights and

measuresTo make all laws necessary and

proper to carry out the above

Prohibitions on the National Government

Direct taxes must be proportionate to population of states (changed by Sixteenth Amendment, 1913)

Bill of Rights may not be abridgedPreference may not be given to one

state over another in matters of commerce

State boundaries cannot be changed without consent of states involved

Newly admitted states cannot be placed on a plane of inequality

Prohibitions on Both the National Government and the States

May not tax exportsMay not grant titles of nobility

Prohibitions on the States

May not enter into treatiesMay not coin money, keep troops or

ships of war in time of peaceMay not pass laws impairing

obligations of contractMay not tax importsMay not violate Federal Constitution

or obstruct Federal laws

CONSTITUTION

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Sources: Adapted from Daniel J. Elazar, Exploring Federalism (Tuscaloosa, AL:University of Alabama Press, 1987), pp. 43–44; The World Almanac, 1996 (Mahwah, NJ: World Almanac Books, 1995).

Federal SystemsPopulation Area

Name (thousands) (sq. mi.)

Argentine Republic 34,293 1,065,189

Commonwealth of Australia 18,322 2,966,200

Federal Republic of Austria 7,987 32,374

Brazil 160,737 3,286,470

Canada 28,435 3,849,000

The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 549 838

Germany 81,338 137,838

Republic of India 936,546 1,266,595

Malaysia 19,724 127,316

United Mexican States 93,986 761,604

Federal Republic of Nigeria 101,232 356,667

Islamic Republic of Pakistan 131,542 307,374

Russian Federation 149,909 6,592,800

Swiss Confederation 7,085 15,941

United Arab Emirates 2,925 32,000

United States of America 263,814 3,618,770

Republic of Venezuela 21,005 352,143

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Delegated, reserved, and concurrent powers

Delegated Powers Reserved Powers Concurrent Powers(Exclusively Federal) (State Powers) (Shared by Both)

War powers Education Taxing

Treaties Marriage and divorce Road building

Mail delivery Drinking age Punishing lawbreakers

Coining, printing money Traffic laws Social welfare programs

Interstate commerce Local business regulations

Tariffs

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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995), Table No. 489.

1990 per capita general expenditures, selected states

Per Capita GeneralState Rank Expenditures, 1990

Alaska 1 $8,253Hawaii 2 4,365Wyoming 3 3,528New York 4 3,391Rhode Island 7 2,741Washington 14 2,340Maryland 21 2,057South Dakota 33 1,841Mississippi 44 1,708Nevada 45 2,280Tennessee 47 2,020Florida 48 2,017Texas 49 1,948Missouri 50 1,875