Concurrent powers
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Concurrent powers are powers of a federal state that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit, such as a state or province. These powers may be exercised simultaneously within the same t="Scardino">Scardino, Frank. The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. Government and Politics, p. 31 (Penguin 2009).</ref> Concurrent powers are contrasted with reserved powers (not possessed by the federal government) and with exclusive federal powers (forbidden to be possessed by the states, oFederal law is supreme and so, it may pre-empt a state or provincial law in case of conflict. Concurrent po citizens, and other concurrent powers.[1]
In the United States, examples of the concurrent powers shared by both the federal and the state governments include the powers to tax, power to spend, and create lower courts.[2]
References
- ^ Zimmerman, Joseph. The Initiative, Second Edition: Citizen Lawmaking, p. 78 (SUNY Press, 2014).
- ^ The Encyclopedia of the America Constitution
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