General Welfare Clause
Interstate Commerce Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
Supremacy Clause and
Treaty Law Clause
Ar cle 1 Sec on 8 Clause 1
Ar cle 1 Sec on 8 Clause 3
Ar cle 1 Sec on 8 Clause 18
Ar cle 6 Clause 2
The Congress shall have Power
To lay and collect Taxes, Du es,
Imposts and Excises, to pay the
Debts and provide for the
common Defence and general
Welfare of the United States; but
all Du es, Imposts and Excises
shall be uniform throughout the
United States;
[The Congress shall have Power…]
To regulate Commerce with
foreign Na ons, and among the
several States, and with the Indian
Tribes;
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ]
To make all Laws which shall be
necessary and proper for carrying into
Execu on the foregoing Powers, and
all other Powers vested by this
Cons tu on in the Government of the
United States, or in any Department
or Officer thereof.
This Cons tu on, and the laws of the
United States which shall be made in
pursuance thereof; and all trea es made,
or which shall be made, under the
authority of the United States, shall be the
supreme law of the land; and the judges in
every state shall be bound thereby,
anything in the Cons tu on or laws of any
State to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Republic”
Congress shall have power to
Power to
Power to
Provide for the General Welfare
of the United States
Congress shall have power
Congress shall have power
Congress shall have power to
regulate
Commerce among the several
states
ICC
1.8.3
Interstate Commerce you will see
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This Cons tu on
And the laws of the
Congress shall have power to make all United States which shall be made
Which shall be made in
laws which shall be
Pursuance thereof
Necessary a-and proper fo-or carrying Shall be the supreme law of the land
Into execu on the-e foregoing powers
The Necessary and Proper Clause
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Treaty Law, Treaty Law
Ar cle 6 Clause 2
Ar cle 6 Clause 2
All trea es made or which shall be made
Under the authority
Of the United Sates shall be
The supreme law of the land
The supreme law of the land