Government Powers

legislative

to impose revenue making policies and pay debts

legislative

to borrow money on the credit of the U.S.

legislative

to regulate foreign and interstate commerce

legislative

establish uniform rule on naturalization and bankruptcies

legislative

to coin and regulate money; establish standard weights and measures

legislative

to punish counterfeiters of national currency

legislative

to establish post offices and post roads

legislative

to promote the progress of science and the arts

legislative

to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court

legislative

to punish felonies committed in U.S. waters (crimes on the high seas arrrrrrgggg)

legislative

to declare war

legislative

to raise and support armies

legislative

to provide and maintain a navy

legislative

regulate land and naval forces

legislative

command militias to put down insurrections

legislative

organizing, arming, and disciplining the militias

legislative

authority to govern Washington D.C.

legislative

make all laws it deems necessary and power (elastic clause)

executive

command the military

executive

grant reprieves and pardons

executive

make treaties

executive

appoint ambassadors and offices

executive

call special sessions of Congress

executive

approve or veto legislation

judicial

lawsuits concerning national laws, the Constitution, and treaties

judicial

cases involving citizens of different states and foreign nations

judicial

cases where foreign diplomats or states are a party

judicial

cases on appeal from lower federal courts

judicial

people accused of federal crimes