Legislative powers Flashcards
Expressed Powers
Power spelled out in the constitution
Inherent powers
Powers of government is presumed to get
Implied powers
Powers suggested by expressed
Strict construction
Believe Congress can only use its expressed powers (state power, small gov)
Liberal constructionists
Large national government, less state control
Consensus
General agreement
What are the two rules about congress is taxing power?
- text only for public purposes
2. can’t tax exports
Indirect taxes
First paid by one person then passed to another (gas)
Direct taxes
Pay directly to the government
Borrowing power
Congress can borrow money
Public that
All the money we haven’t paid back
Beficit financing
Spending more money than you make than borrowing to make up the difference
Commerce power
Congress regulate trade between states and foreign nations
Currency powers
Congress makes money and regulates it
Foreign relations power
Regulate foreign Commerce
Bankruptcy
Legal proceeding in which the bankruptcy assets are distributed among whom debt owned
War powers
President runs it Congress declares it/restrict it
Naturalization
Process where one citizen from a country becomes a citizen of another
Postal powers
Congress can establish post offices and post roads
Copyright
Exclusive right for someone to sell/reproduce his work
Patent
Give someone the right to manufacture and improve his work (invention)
Weights and measures
Congress sets weights and measures
Eminent domain
Doesn’t make him buy or purchase property – government can take it for public use
Necessary and proper clause(elastic clause)
Congress can stretch the rules
