POWERS OF CONGRESS ENUMERATED POWERS OF CONGRESS ENUMEREATED
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POWERS OF CONGRESS
ENUMERATED POWERS OF CONGRESS
ENUMEREATED POWERS • The enumerated powers of Congress are listed in Article 1, Section 8 • There are 18 enumerated powers of Congress • Can be characterized as Legislative and Non-legislative powers
What’s the Power? • Get with your partner. • Each team will have an envelope of cards that describe the enumerated powers of Congress (those listed in the Constitution). • With your partner, go through the power cards and put them into categories. • You decide the categories that are appropriate and group accordingly.
ENUMEREATED POWERS • Can be characterized as Legislative and Nonlegislative powers • We are going to start by looking at the legislative powers of Congress. • The next slide gives a summarized version of the legislative powers that are on the power cards. Match the powers to the categories I have given you on your note page.
ENUMERATED POWERS: Can You Match These? • Establish rules for becoming a citizen • Establish uniform standard of weights and measures • Punish piracy • Borrow money • Collect taxes • Declare war • Establish a system of national courts • Foreign and interstate trade • • • Coin money Punish counterfeiters Raise and maintain armed forces • Establish post offices • Govern the District of Columbia • Copyright and patent laws
ENUMERATED POWERS: Legislative Powers 1. Government Finance • • Collect taxes Coin money Establish uniform standard of weights and measures Borrow money
ENUMERATED POWERS: Legislative Powers 2. Regulate Commerce • • Foreign and interstate trade Establish post offices
ENUMERATED POWERS: Legislative Powers 3. National Defense • • Declare war Raise and maintain armed forces
ENUMERATED POWERS: Legislative Powers 4. Law Enforcement • • Copyright and patent laws Punish piracy Punish counterfeiters Establish a system of national courts
ENUMERATED POWERS: Legislative Powers 5. National Sovereignty • • Govern the District of Columbia Establish rules for becoming a citizen
ENUMERATED POWERS: Non-legislative Powers 1. Removal Power House Brings charges for misconduct in office = impeachment Senate Holds trial on impeachment charges; decides if remove
ENUMERATED POWERS: Non-legislative Powers 2. Choosing the Pres and VP if No Candidate Wins a Majority of Electoral Votes: House Selects president Senate Selects vice-president
ENUMERATED POWERS: Non-legislative Powers 3. Confirmation / Approval Senate 2/3 vote to approve presidential appointments -- Supreme Court justices -- ambassadors -- cabinet
ENUMERATED POWERS: Non-legislative Powers 4. Ratification/Approval Power Senate 2/3 vote to approve presidential treaties
ENUMERATED POWERS: Non-legislative Powers 5. Amendment Power House Senate 2/3 of both houses to propose Constitutional amendments
ENUMERATED POWERS: Non-legislative Powers 5. Oversight BOTH Power of Congress to investigate and review how effectively the executive branch carries out laws passed by Congress
IMPLIED POWERS OF CONGRESS
IMPLIED POWERS What is it? • Implies that Congress has powers beyond those enumerated/listed in the Constitution Where is it in the Constitution? • “Necessary and Proper Clause” (aka Elastic Clause) Why is it important? • Allow Congress to expand its role and powers
IMPLIED POWERS Collect Taxes Established the IRS to collect taxes each year Borrow Money Created a national bank (Bank of the U. S. ) & the Fed Establish Naturalization laws Setting quotas on immigration
IMPLIED POWERS Maintain armed forces Regulate Commerce Instituted a draft Ending Segregation in the South Regulating railroads Building interstates
LIMITATIONS ON THE POWER OF CONGRESS
LIMITATIONS on the Powers of Congress Judicial Review Court can declare laws unconstitutional 10 th Amendment Reserves powers to the states Cannot tax exports
LIMITATIONS on the Powers of Congress Ex Post Facto Laws Law that applies to an action that took place before the law was passed. Bills of Attainder Law that punishes a person who has not yet been convicted in a court of law Suspend the Court order requiring police to bring accused persons to court and tell why being kept in jail Writ of Habeas Corpus
Let’s Practice! With your partner look at the scenarios and decide which power of Congress it exemplifies. Then complete the Venn Diagram on the back. There will be a “pop” quiz tomorrow!
- Implied vs enumerated powers
- Enumerated powers of congress
- Intergovernmental relations definition ap gov
- Expressed powers examples
- Enumerated vs expressed powers
- Legislative and nonlegislative powers of congress
- Congress informal powers
- Non legislative duties of congress
- What are the powers of congress
- Powers of congress
- Congress informal powers
- 5 non legislative powers of congress
- What are the informal sources of presidential power?
- Chapter 11 powers of congress
- 4 powers of congress
- Non legislative powers of congress
- Describes structure and powers of congress
- Non legislative powers of congress
- Inherent powers examples
- President's formal and informal powers
- Congress formal and informal powers
- Implied powers vs expressed powers
- 4 powers of congress
- Powers of congress cartoon
- Difference between delegated reserved and concurrent powers
- Was the united states on the axis powers or allied powers?