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The federal powers are listed in the articles of the Constitution. The federal government has the right to raise armies and declare war on foreign countries; they also deal with all foreign relations and pass laws that apply to the whole country. State governments regulate laws that deal with families, schools, and land sales.
The power to pass laws retroactively.
In the United States, some examples of concurrent powers, or power that are shared between the federal and state levels of government, include:Military;Taxation;Infrastructure;Courts;Prisons/Prosecution;Elections.
The Constitution Says Specifically: The Tenth amendment lists that the government only has certain powers that are listed in the constitution. The president only has the power to VETO (deny) a law or pass on a law. The other branches only have powers similar to what the president has to do. Basically the government has to pass laws for the people to follow that is all constitutional.
The principals that were included in most state constitutions are the people's rights. The state's include what the residents and people living in the state are entitled to as far as their rights.