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- 1Enumerated powersThe enumerated powers are a list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that set forth the authority of Congress. In summary, Congress may exercise the powers that the Constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights.
- 2Implied Powerspowers authorized by a document (from the Constitution) that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated.
- 3Inherent powersInherent powers are those powers that Congress and the president need in order to get the job done right.
- 4Reserved powersa political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority.
- 5Concurrent Powerspowers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit
- 6Commerce Clauserefers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”
- 7Necessary and proper clauseallows Congress "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the [enumerated] Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."
- 8Full Faith + Credit Clauseaddresses the duties that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state."
- 9Supremacy clauseclause in United States Constitution's Article VI, stating that all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the United States are the “supreme law of the land.”
- 10Free Exercise Clauserefers to the section of the First Amendment italicized here: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
- 11Establishment Clausethe clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress.
- 12Due Process ClauseThe Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, uses the same eleven words, called the Due Process Clause, to describe a legal obligation of all states.
- 13Selective corporatingSelective incorporation is a constitutional doctrine that ensures states cannot enact laws that take away the constitutional rights of American citizens that are enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
- 14Equal protectionThe Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".
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