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  2. Exclusive federal powers - Wikipedia

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    Exclusive federal powers are powers within a federal system of government that each constituent political unit (such as a state or province) is absolutely or conditionally prohibited from exercising. [1] That is, either a constituent political unit may never exercise these powers, or may only do so with the consent of the federal government.

  3. States' rights - Wikipedia

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    As this cognitive dissonance increased, the people of the Northern states, and the Northern states themselves, became increasingly inclined to resist the encroachments of the Slave Power upon their states' rights and encroachments of the Slave Power by and upon the federal government of the United States. The Slave Power, having failed to ...

  4. Section 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867 - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between the federal and provincial powers is generally referred to as the "division of powers", meaning federalism issues, not separation of powers. Both the federal powers and the provincial powers are stated to be exclusive, not concurrent.

  5. Enumerated powers (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The enumerated powers (also called expressed powers, explicit powers or delegated powers) of the United States Congress are the powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution. Most of these powers are listed in Article I, Section 8. In summary, Congress may exercise the powers that the ...

  6. Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The act required state and local law enforcement officials to conduct background checks on people attempting to purchase handguns. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, applied New York v. United States to show that the act violated the Tenth Amendment. Since the act "forced participation of the State's executive in the actual ...

  7. State (polity) - Wikipedia

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    The rise of the modern-day state system was closely related to changes in political thought, especially concerning the changing understanding of legitimate state power and control. Early modern defenders of absolutism ( Absolute monarchy ), such as Thomas Hobbes and Jean Bodin undermined the doctrine of the divine right of kings by arguing that ...

  8. Separation of powers - Wikipedia

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    The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishable and articulated, thereby maintaining the integrity of each. [1]

  9. Federalism in India - Wikipedia

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    State Government has exclusive responsibility in implementing the matters on which a state legislature has exclusive role in making laws (ex. State List). Incase both Union and States have powers to make laws (i.e. Concurrent List) on any matter, States have implementation responsibility on such matters unless Parliament decides to transfer the ...