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The Powers of Government
- powers assumed for all nations Ex: the ability to make treaties and declare war
-powers that belong to the states, they are denied to the national government Ex; the ability to hold elections and run local governments
- powers of the national government which are assumed because it is a nation-state Ex: the ablitly to make treaties and declare war
Inherent
- powers specifically written in the Constitution for the national government Ex; the ability to enduct new states into the union and control the military
Expressed
Reserved
the ability to hold elections
control the military
- powers only given to the national government, not the states Ex: Congress is the only branch that can legislate and the power to declare war
Exclusive
Congress has the ability to legislate
make treaties
- powers given to the national government that were not written in the Constitution but assumed Ex: the necessary and proper clause and McCulloch v. Maryland
Implied
- powers of the national government granted by the Constitution Ex: the ability to coin money and create a post office
Delegated
coin money
- powers shared by both the state and national governments Ex: the ability to create banks and regulate taxes
Concurrent
create banks
- powers denied to the national government by the Constitution Ex: National- cant tax exports State - cant make treaties
Prohibited
