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[ 4. 3 ] The Expressed Powers

[ 4. 3 ] The Expressed Powers

[ 4. 3 ] The Expressed Powers Learning Objectives • • • Describe three

[ 4. 3 ] The Expressed Powers Learning Objectives • • • Describe three types of powers delegated to Congress. Understand the expressed powers of Congress, including the commerce, taxing, bankruptcy, and borrowing powers, and explain why the Framers gave Congress the power to issue currency. Identify the key sources of the foreign relations powers of Congress. Describe the power-sharing arrangement between Congress and the President on the issues of war and national defense. List other key domestic powers exercised by Congress.

[ 4. 3 ] The Expressed Powers Key Terms • • • • •

[ 4. 3 ] The Expressed Powers Key Terms • • • • • expressed powers; implied powers; inherent powers. commerce power Hudson River John Marshall, tax District of Columbia public debt deficit financing. Bill Clinton Bankruptcy Legal tender copyright patent Boston Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin territories,

Types of Congressional Powers A typical day in either chamber of Congress might suggest

Types of Congressional Powers A typical day in either chamber of Congress might suggest that there is no limit to what Congress can do. On any given day, the House might consider bills dealing with such varying matters as the interstate highway system, an increase in the minimum wage, and grazing on public lands. Meanwhile, the Senate might be considering aid to a faminestricken country in Africa, the President’s nomination of someone to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, or any number of other matters.

Types of Congressional Powers • • The Delegated Powers The Expressed Powers

Types of Congressional Powers • • The Delegated Powers The Expressed Powers

Types of Congressional Powers Members of Congress head to their next meeting. The majority

Types of Congressional Powers Members of Congress head to their next meeting. The majority of a Congress member’s time—about two thirds—is actually spent on constituent issues, fundraising, and media relations.

Types of Congressional Powers This chart gives an example of each type of congressional

Types of Congressional Powers This chart gives an example of each type of congressional power. Analyze Charts How do these powers help to create a limited government?

The Commerce Power Commerce, generally, is the buying and selling of goods and services.

The Commerce Power Commerce, generally, is the buying and selling of goods and services. The commerce power—the power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade—is vital to the welfare of the nation. Its few words have prompted the growth of the greatest open market in the world. The Commerce Clause proved to be more useful for the building of a strong and United States out of a weak confederation than any other provision in the Constitution.

The Commerce Power • • Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824 Limits on the Commerce Power

The Commerce Power • • Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824 Limits on the Commerce Power

The Commerce Power New technologies, such as the steamboat, brought with them new legal

The Commerce Power New technologies, such as the steamboat, brought with them new legal issues and implications for the growing nation in the 1800 s.

The Commerce Power In Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Congress

The Commerce Power In Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, and that federal laws take precedence over State laws.

The Money Powers Congress has several expressed powers related to money, including the power

The Money Powers Congress has several expressed powers related to money, including the power to tax, the power to borrow, the power to establish laws on bankruptcy, and the power to coin money. These congressional powers have played an important role in the forming of our nation.

The Money Powers • • • The Power to Tax The Purpose of Taxes

The Money Powers • • • The Power to Tax The Purpose of Taxes Limits on the Taxing Power The Borrowing Power The Bankruptcy Power The Currency Power

The Money Powers A tax expert helps a customer prepare his tax return. The

The Money Powers A tax expert helps a customer prepare his tax return. The complexity of the U. S. tax code, a result of Congress's expressed power to tax, spurred the rise of tax preparation services.

The Money Powers Some categories of spending federal taxes in 2013 did not exist

The Money Powers Some categories of spending federal taxes in 2013 did not exist 1800 and 1900. Analyze Charts How do these categories differ from the other categories?

Other Domestic Powers The other expressed powers relate to domestic matters. Each of them

Other Domestic Powers The other expressed powers relate to domestic matters. Each of them has a direct and a considerable effect on the daily lives of the American people.

Other Domestic Powers • • • Copyrights and Patents The Postal Powers Territories and

Other Domestic Powers • • • Copyrights and Patents The Postal Powers Territories and Other Areas Weights and Measures Naturalization Judicial Powers

Other Domestic Powers A patent drawing by Thomas Edison for an improvement to electric

Other Domestic Powers A patent drawing by Thomas Edison for an improvement to electric lamps. By assigning rights to intellectual property, patents and copyrights encourage creativity and progress.

Congress and Foreign Policy The Federal Government has greater powers in the field of

Congress and Foreign Policy The Federal Government has greater powers in the field of foreign affairs than it does in any other area of public policy. The 50 States that comprise the Union are not sovereign, so they have no standing in international law. In short, the Constitution does not allow them to take part in foreign relations. (See Article I, Section 10, Clauses 1 and 3. )

Congress and Foreign Policy In United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. , an American

Congress and Foreign Policy In United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. , an American plane builder was charged with illegally selling arms to Bolivia after President Franklin D. Roosevelt had declared an embargo.

The War Powers Six of the 27 expressed powers set out in Article I,

The War Powers Six of the 27 expressed powers set out in Article I, Section 8 deal explicitly with the subject of war and national defense. Remember that here, too, Congress shares power with the chief executive. The Constitution makes the President commander in chief of the nation’s armed forces, (Article II, Section 2, Clause 1) and, as such, the President dominates the field.

The War Powers • The War Powers Resolution

The War Powers • The War Powers Resolution

The War Powers The U. S. Coast Guard inspects a boat suspected of smuggling

The War Powers The U. S. Coast Guard inspects a boat suspected of smuggling illegal drugs. Administration of the Coast Guard falls under the war powers granted to Congress by Article I, Section 8.

Quiz: Types of Congressional Powers Which of the following BEST characterizes Congress’s expressed powers?

Quiz: Types of Congressional Powers Which of the following BEST characterizes Congress’s expressed powers? These are powers that A. are part of a federal system of government, such as the power to create a national school system. B. are part of being a sovereign nation, such as the power to patrol a nation’s borders. C. are reasonably deduced by wording in the Constitution, such as the power to regulate wages for hourly workers. D. are stated in the Constitution, such as creating an interstate highway system.

Quiz: The Commerce Power Which of the following is Congress prevented from doing due

Quiz: The Commerce Power Which of the following is Congress prevented from doing due to limits placed on the commerce power by the Constitution? A. B. C. D. passing a law that prevents hotels from banning people of certain religions passing a law that requires city buses to be wheelchair-accessible placing a tax on avocados exported to Europe from California regulating licenses for ships operating on waters between States

Quiz: The Money Powers What was the purpose of the Framers granting Congress the

Quiz: The Money Powers What was the purpose of the Framers granting Congress the power to tax? A. B. C. D. to ensure that the Federal Government would obtain revenue to ensure that the States would be able to use the revenue to ensure that the States would remain impotent to ensure that wealth was evenly distributed among the States

Quiz: Other Domestic Powers Congressional weights and measures powers and postal powers both played

Quiz: Other Domestic Powers Congressional weights and measures powers and postal powers both played important roles in the forming of our nation by A. B. C. D. enabling the federal government to remain sovereign over the States. helping support the congressional power to tax. helping the federal government establish eminent domain. providing uniform, consistent services and standards.

Quiz: Congress and Foreign Policy What is one congressional power that allows the legislative

Quiz: Congress and Foreign Policy What is one congressional power that allows the legislative branch to check the foreign affairs powers of the President? A. B. C. D. the spending power the taxing power the bankruptcy power the postal power

Quiz: The War Powers Which of the following correctly reflects an action that can

Quiz: The War Powers Which of the following correctly reflects an action that can be taken under the war powers? A. After a dispute with another nation’s leader, the President declares war on that country. B. Congress acts as commander in chief of the nation’s armed forces. C. Congress declares that military members may only serve for a maximum of five years. D. The President calls forth the National Guard to patrol a southern state after a hurricane.