Expressed & Implied Powers of Congress

to tax

Expressed

to borrow money

Expressed

to regulate bankruptcies

Expressed

To print and coin money

Expressed

To punish counterfeites

Expressed

To regulate business between states and businesses with other nations

Expressed

to punish crimes at sea

Expressed

to declare war

Expressed

to set up, fund, and regulate the armed forces

Expressed

to provide for, regulate, and call into service a militia (National Guard)

Expressed

to establish laws for natualization

Expressed

to set up post offices

Expressed

to grant copyrights and patents

Expressed

to set up a system of federal courts beneath the Supreme Court

Expressed

to govern Washington D.C.

Expressed

to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out other powers

Expressed

to punish those who do not pay their taxes

Implied

to use tax revenue to support programs such as education and public housing

Implied

to outlaw discrimination in movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and similar places

Implied

to set a minimum wage

Implied

to protect those with disabilities

Implied

to draft Americans into the armed forces

Implied

to limit and regulate immigration

Implied