The Preamble The Preamble … … form a more perfect union form a more perfect union … … establish justice establish justice … … insure domestic tranquility insure domestic tranquility … … provide for the common defense provide for the common defense … … promote the general welfare promote the general welfare … … secure the blessings of secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our liberty to ourselves and to our posterity posterity
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The PreambleThe Preamble
……form a more perfect unionform a more perfect union ……establish justiceestablish justice ……insure domestic tranquilityinsure domestic tranquility ……provide for the common defenseprovide for the common defense ……promote the general welfarepromote the general welfare ……secure the blessings of liberty to secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and to our posterityourselves and to our posterity
CongressCongress
Article I. Article I. Section 8 clause 1-18Section 8 clause 1-18Section 9 clause 1-8Section 9 clause 1-8
Section 10 clause 1-3Section 10 clause 1-3
Powers of CongressPowers of CongressClause 1Clause 1
Tax and spend tax Tax and spend tax moneymoney
For the greater good For the greater good
-national defense -national defense -general welfare of the -general welfare of the peoplepeople
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Borrow money Borrow money
Selling bondsSelling bonds
Clause 2
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Regulate foreign Regulate foreign and and interstate interstate tradetrade
Trade between 2 or Trade between 2 or more statesmore states
Clause 3
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
NaturalizationNaturalization
BankruptcyBankruptcy
Clause 4
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Regulate the value of Regulate the value of moneymoney
Weights and Weights and MeasuresMeasures
Clause 5
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Clause 6
Punish Counterfeiting
Power of CongressPower of Congress
Clause 7Clause 7
Postal Service Postal Service
Aids expansionAids expansion
Clause 8Clause 8
Patents and CopyrightsPatents and Copyrights
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Establish Establish Courts Courts Inferior to Inferior to the the Supreme Supreme CourtCourt
Clause 9
Power of CongressPower of Congress
Pirates Pirates
Punished robbing Punished robbing at seaat sea
Clause 10
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Congress declares Congress declares WarWar
Clause 11
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
12-Raise an Army12-Raise an Army
13-Raise a Navy13-Raise a Navy
14-Rules of 14-Rules of MilitaryMilitary
Clause 12-14
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Militia “National Militia “National Guard”Guard”
Put down insurrectionsPut down insurrections
Clause 15
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Rules for the Rules for the MilitiaMilitia
Clause 16
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Congress controls the District of Congress controls the District of Columbia—10 mile radius around Columbia—10 mile radius around the capital (Washington D.C)the capital (Washington D.C)
Clause 17
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Elastic clauseElastic clause
Implied Powers Implied Powers
““Necessary and Necessary and Proper Clause”Proper Clause”
Clause 18 *
Powers of CongressPowers of Congress
Implied Powers/Elastic Clause/Necessary Implied Powers/Elastic Clause/Necessary and Proper Clause and Proper Clause
The framers could not anticipate every The framers could not anticipate every power Congress would need so they came power Congress would need so they came up with the implied powers. up with the implied powers.
Powers assumed by Congress under the Powers assumed by Congress under the Constitution even though the document Constitution even though the document does not state themdoes not state them