dual sovereignty
Two governments reign
Dual sovereignty is a legal doctrine holding that separate governmental authorities can prosecute the same person for the same conduct without violating double jeopardy protections.
In the United States, this allows both federal and state governments to bring charges for the same act, since each derives power from distinct sources: After his state acquittal, federal prosecutors charged him under dual sovereignty.
- Articles of ConfederationOriginal American governing charter
- concurrent powersPowers held by multiple governments
- power sharingDistributing authority among groups
- reserved powersGovernmental abilities kept by states
- Tenth AmendmentStates retain unassigned powers
federalism · federal system · separation of powers · subsidiarity · decentralization · constitutional democracy · checks and balances · nullification · divided loyalties · preemption · judicial review · constitutional · intergovernmental · pluralism · states' rights · territorial · self-governance · treaty
- federalismstates' rights, federal law, federal district, enumerated powers, federal agency
- legal rightslegal rights, constitutional rights, fundamental rights, Miranda rights, Bill of Rights
- shared powerpower sharing, co-management, co-administration, coalition government, diarchy
- sovereigntystatehood, nation, nation-state, state, nationhood
- state governmentstate budget, state senate, state legislature, state capitol, state constitution
- jurisdictionjurisdiction, legal jurisdiction, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction, court jurisdiction
dual sovereigntycentralized government
Authority held by one body
centralism · centralized authority · absolute monarchy · imperial rule · autocracy