"Layer Cake Federalism" Is a System _____________________

question 50

Multiple Choice

"Layer Cake Federalism" is a system _____________________.

• A) ​in which the aims of subnational government are subordinate to the goals of the central government
• B) ​in which state and federal authority is intertwined in an inseparable mixture
• C) ​in which the authority of the state and federal governments is distinct and more easily delineated
• D) ​that affords Congress nearly unlimited authority to exercise its powers through means that often coerce states into administering and/or enforcing federal policies
• E) ​that holds that state authority acts as a significant limit on congressional power under the Constitution

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