Constitutional Powers
Powers of Congress (14)
1. House of Representatives has the Sole power of Impeachment of the speaker of the house and other Officers. The Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments.
2. The Congress has power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
3. Power to borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
4. Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
5. Power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
6. Power to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
7. Power to provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current coin of the United States;
8. Power to establish Post Offices and post Roads;
9. Power to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
10. Power to constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
11. Power to define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
12. Power to declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
13. Power to raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
14. Power to provide and maintain a Navy;
15. Power to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
16. Power to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
17. Power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
18. Power to exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;
19. Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Presidential powers (6)
1. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices
2. He shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
3. He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;
4. he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice
itic al Sc ienc e Formal Constitutional Scholarship on the American Presidency: A Literature Review A literature review (also known as a literature survey or bibliographic essay) is a common assignment across the disciplines. For more information on how to approach this task, see our handout on Writing Literature Reviews. For over three decades, scholarship on the American presidency has taken place beneath the shadow of Richard Neustadt's Presidential Power [1] , first published in 1960…
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Elisabeth Kelly Instructor Carnes History 1301 25 September 2014 Constitutional Convention and The Constitution The Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, is one of the most, if not the only, important meeting in American history. The Constitutional Convention produced the single most surviving written document ever created by some of the greatest and influential minds of the time, the Constitution of the United States. The men who attended the convention created…
for making sure laws in our country are constitutional. All the laws passed in the U.S. on the state level or on the federal level have to fall within the boundaries or rules of the United States Constitution. The main powers of the judicial branch include interpreting the U.S. Constitution and laws, making sure laws are put into action, and judicial review. Judicial review means that they have the power to review whether or not a law is constitutional and then they can accept it or disallow it…
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written constitution ... enables constitutional change to be brought about within the United Kingdom with the minimum of constitutional formality.’ Consider the sources of the UK constitution and the methods by which it may be changed. Do you agree with Barnett’s views? The UK’s unwritten constitution, formed of Acts of Parliament [AoP], Royal Prerogative [RP], Constitutional Convention [CC] and Case Law [CL], prompts much debate about the ease of which constitutional change can be introduced. A…
Constitutional Interpretation: Engineers’ Case and criticisms of Callinan J in the Workchoices’ Case. By Mark Walker Introduction In the dissenting judgment made by Callinan J in the landmark New South Wales v Commonwealth (“Workchoices’ Case”), a strong criticism was mounted against constitutional interpretation methods employed in the judicial forum. Explicitly, this conjecture was focused at Isaacs J’s judgement in Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (“Engineers’…
may not override state policies | | | only cities may override state policies | | | state constitutions take precedence over the national constitution | Question 2 | __________________ views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers – primarily foreign policy and national defense – to the national government, leaving the rest to sovereign states. | | dual federalism | | | cooperative federalism | | | new federalism | | | competitive federalism | Question 3…
means a document having a special legal sanctity which sets out the framework and principal functions of the Government. • It gives idea about the basic structure of the political system under which its people are to be governed. • It defines the powers of main organ of the state, demarcates their responsibilities and regulates their relationship with each other and with the people. • It can also be termed as “Fundamental Law” of a country which reflects people’s faith and aspirations. What is…
parliament at any time. The UK constitution is also unitary which means that power may be decentralised, but this is entirely through ordinary legislation which can subsequently be withdrawn. The monarchical element of the UK constitution means that the Monarch is head of state, for example, Queen Elizabeth II who symbolises the nation. The Sovereign have certain prerogative powers to exercise. However, with in the constitutional monarchy we find a set of conventions which limit the discretion of the…