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Bell Ringer 1. What is one similarity and difference between the House and the Senate? 2. How do members of Congress punish their members?

Reminder  Rough Draft of Political Thinkers Essay Due on Friday

Congressional Punishment: Final Element of Venn Diagram  Both decide how to punish members  Censure: formally reprimand  Fines and penalties  Expulsion

Legislatures Powers

Enumerated vs. Implied  Enumerated Powers – directly stated powers ; mostly found in Article I Section 8  Implied Powers – the powers that Congress holds which are not actually named in the Constitution

Powers of Congress - Partners 1. Raise and collect taxes 2. Borrow money 3. Regulate commerce 4. Set laws for Naturalization and Bankruptcy 5. Coin Money 6. Post office 7. Copyrights and patents 8. Set up courts 9. Declare war 10. Establish the military and National guard 11. Punish pirates 12. Run Washington D.C. and all federal property 13. Elastic clause - implied power Up to 35 powers on this list

Enumerated (1) or implied (2)?  Congress has the power to regulate trade between nations, states, and Indian tribes  Enumerated  Enumerated: Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3 “To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”  Commerce Clause

Enumerated or implied?  Drafting citizens for the army?  Implied  “[Congress has the power] to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers”  The Elastic Clause

Bell Ringer ( )  Which is the most important/powerful clause of the Constitution? a) Commerce Clause b) Elastic Clause c) Another Power named yesterday  Explain your reasoning

Commerce Clause  Considered the most powerful clause because it gives the national government ultimate control over money

Elastic Clause  “To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers”  Foundation for implied powers Does this clause give Congress too much power?

Supremacy Clause  Article VI makes the Constitution the “supreme law of the land”  Federal law trumps state law  Federalism

Federalism Revisited: Discussion  Is federalism good for the common man?

Powers denied Congress 1 1. Make laws concerning slave trade until Suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus  Holding a suspect in jail with a trial  Unless during war 3. No ex post facto law  Punish a person for an act committed before there was a law against it

Powers denied Congress 2 4. Create a direct tax  The 16 th amendment allows income tax 5. Tax exports 6. Create titles of nobility

Powers denied the States 1. Coin money 2. Have a military force 3. Make treaties 4. Create an import or export tax 5. Take any action the Federal Government is also forbidden from taking

Congress in a Flash Wrksht  Complete with a partner  15 minutes

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