Chapter 4 Supremacy Clause, Commerce Clause, and Full Faith and Credit Clause

Federalism

A system of government consisting of federal, state, and local

Supremacy Clause

Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state

The concept that the states must leave interstate commerce alone even if the federal government has not yet regulated the specific issue

Dormant Commerce Clause

True or False. A state within the United States can pass intrusive regulation of national banks, regardless of what federal law states.

False

True or False. The Constitution prohibits local governments from levying taxes.

False

True or False. The Constitution prohibits state governments from levying taxes.

False

When federal law and state law conflict, who holds supreme power?

Federal

A multi-layered system of government, with power divided between national government and other government units.

Federalism

It's OK for Michigan to charge a fee on trucks driving from one spot in Michigan to another spot in Michigan as long as the fee does not substantially affect _____.

Interstate commerce

Commerce Clause

The clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.

True or False. According to the Supreme Court, a mandate is different from a tax.

True

True or False. The drafters of the Constitution believed that interstate commerce was very important to the United States economy and that businesses engaged in interstate commerce should not be subject to undue burdens created by individual states.

True

In a _____ system, laws at one level of government may conflict with laws of another level.

multilayer

Dormant Commerce Clause

restriction on states' authority to pass laws that affect interstate commerce

When there is a conflict, federal law is supreme to state law. This is because of the _____.

supremacy clause

If states pass laws regulating interstate commerce, even if the federal government has not yet addressed the issue, the law is _____.

unconstitutional