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The federal government is supposed to be a government of limited powers. But whenever the Supreme Court tries to cabin Congress’s reach, the odds are that the analysis in the dissent will be sounder than that in the majority opinion.
Congress’s most significant powers, in terms of the breadth of authority, may be its power of the purse, 2. referring to its authority to tax and spend 3. and its power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. 4. Section 8 also defines a number of more specific powers.
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The enumerated powers (also called expressed powers, explicit powers or delegated powers) of the United States Congress are the powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution. Most of these powers are listed in Article I, Section 8.
Feb 3, 2021 · Perhaps the most important powers reserved to Congress by Article I, Section 8 are those to create taxes, tariffs and other sources of funds needed to maintain the operations and programs of the federal government and to authorize the expenditure of those funds.
- Robert Longley
Because Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the Constitution prohibits the states from coining money, 1 the Supreme Court has recognized Congress’s coinage power to be exclusive. 2 The Supreme Court has also construed Congress’s power to coin money and regulate the value thereof to authorize Congress to regulate every phase of currency ...
Enumerated powers are the powers granted to the Federal government, and specifically Congress, which are mostly listed in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Namely the power “to lay and collect taxes ”, duties, impost and excises, to pay debts, to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, to ...
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; ArtI.S8.C1.1 Taxing Power.
