state sovereignty
Governmental self-rule power
State sovereignty is the principle that a nation-state has supreme authority within its own territory, free from external interference.
In international law, sovereign states are formally equal—none subordinate to another.
Domestically, sovereignty means the government holds ultimate power over its citizens and institutions.
The treaty raised concerns about state sovereignty.
In U.S. constitutional debates, state sovereignty refers to the reserved powers of individual states against federal authority.
- federal governmentCentralized national ruling body
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- political autonomyPower to self-govern
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- national bordersBoundaries between sovereign states
jurisdiction · supreme authority · decolonization · constitutional law · colonialism · recognition · imperialism · Thirty Years' War · judicial independence · executive authority · diplomacy · non-intervention · foreign interference · domestic affairs · international law · United Nations · homeland · treaty
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- Antebellum Americaantebellum era, Compromise of 1850, sectionalism, Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act
- California governmentlegislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor, lieutenant governor
- Confederation EraArticles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, Continental Congress, interstate commerce, war debts
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
state sovereigntyfederal authority
National government's legal control
national sovereignty · federal power · federal jurisdiction · federal control · national government
state sovereigntyfederal oversight
Government supervision of activities
federal control · federal intervention · dependency · federal mandate · vassalage
state sovereigntycentralism
Central authority doctrine
federalism · centralized authority · nationalism · big government · statism
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