Identify the Major Powers of the Legislature.
LEGISLATIVE DAY 2
ANSWER ON A SHEET OF PAPER!
Compare the term of a Senator to a House
member.
 Why is the senate considered a constant body?
 What would the major problem with having a
Representative make decisions based on being a
delegate?
 Name at least five informal qualifications for
membership in congress and explain how those
qualifications might affect a candidate’s votegetting abilities.
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NONLEGISLATIVE POWERS
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Primary function is to create laws
Electoral Duties- House chooses president and Senate
chooses V.P. if no majority
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Constitutional Amendments
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25th Presidential Line of Succession- V.President passes, the
President chooses a new V.P with Congress’s Approval
Majority V. Quorum
Congress can propose with 2/3 Vote
Call a National Convention, 2/3 state Legislature
Impeachment
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House- Impeach-draw up charges
Senate- Hold trial
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CHECKS AND BALANCES
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Executive
 Approve
Presidential Appointments
 Consent to War and treaties
 2/3 override
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Judicial
 Create
lower federal courts
 Set Punishment of Crimes
 Approve Appointment
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POWERS OF CONGRESS
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Scope of Powers- Delegated Powers
 Expressed-
Written Directly
 Implied-Interpreted
 Inherent- Inherited
EXPRESSED POWERS
Commerce Power-Regulate interstate trade, and
foreign trade
 Power to tax- purpose to help public needs
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Limits- Exports, apportioned equally among states
 Direct
Tax
 Indirect Tax
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Borrowing Power- Unlimited
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Deficit Spending Borrow
more than brought in
 Borrow from other countries
 Increase Public Tax
CONTINUED
Bankruptcy Power- cant be held to debt, rules
made at federal and state level
 Currency Power- coin money and regulate value
 Foreign Relation Power- act to secure the
security of the U.S.
 War Powers- Declare and pay for war
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CONTINUED
Domestic Powers
 Territory- define territories/Eminent Domain
 Naturalization- how citizens of another country
becomes citizens of this country
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Inherent because the government job as the gov’t body
Postal Power- Congress has the power to establish
Post Offices and Postal roads
Postal Crimes-Felonies
 Post offices are not taxed
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CONTINUED
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Copyright-publisher or author owns the rights to
their creative work
Copyright office in the Library of Congress
 Patent- persons sole right to use or sell an idea
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Weights and Measures
Accurate gauges of time, distance, area, weight, and
volume
 National Bureau of Standards in the Commerce
Department
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Power of Territories
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Eminent Domain- take private property for public use
IMPLIED POWERS
Education- 30 Billion dollars a year
 Necessary and Proper- uncontrollable, scary
 Impeachment
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 House
draws charges
 Senate holds Case 2/3 to convict
Treaties 2/3
 Appointments for the President 51%
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INHERENT POWERS
HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THESE POWERS?
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Strict Constructionist- should stick to the rules,
no exceptions
 Ex.
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Limited Government
Liberal Constructionist- Interpretation is
needed so that the government can function
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Necessary and Proper