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Practice identifying Congress's expressed, implied, and non-legislative powers and constitutional limits.
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Article I, Section 8 gives Congress power over the national mail system. What expressed power is that?
Congress sets the national rules for how immigrants become U.S. citizens. What expressed power does Article I list?
A novelist and an inventor receive exclusive rights for limited times under federal law. What Article I power supports that system?
Article I authorizes Congress to punish crimes committed on the high seas. What expressed power is this?
Congress creates federal trial courts below the Supreme Court. What expressed power covers that action?
Congress pays for warships and sailors to protect U.S. shipping at sea. What expressed power is being used?
Congress sets the value of U.S. money and creates national standards for measures. What expressed power is this?
Congress requires airlines flying between states to meet one national safety standard. What power authorizes the law?
A federal statute creates one process for people unable to pay debts to have those debts discharged by a court. What power supports it?
Congress authorizes selling Treasury bonds so the national government can finance emergency spending. What power is being used?
Congress makes it a federal crime to print fake U.S. currency. What expressed power authorizes that statute?
Congress sets federal income tax rates to pay debts and fund national defense. What Article I power is it using?
Congress orders state militia units into federal service to repel an invasion. What expressed power covers the order?
A federal criminal code governs a Navy yard built on land bought with the state's consent. What power supports that law?
In peacetime, Congress suspends court hearings testing whether federal detention is lawful, with no rebellion or invasion. What limit is violated?
Congress passes a law declaring a named person guilty of treason and taking his property without a trial. What limit does this violate?
Congress makes an act a crime in 2027 and punishes people who did it legally in 2026. What constitutional limit applies?
Congress places a federal duty on cotton shipped out of every state to foreign buyers. What Section 9 limit blocks the duty?
Treasury officials spend federal money based only on a president's promise, with no law authorizing the spending. What limit is violated?
Article I lets Congress collect taxes but does not name an agency to process returns. What supports creating such an agency?
Congress can raise armies, but the Constitution does not list a military academy. What clause supports creating one to train officers?
Congress regulates interstate rail commerce and creates inspectors to enforce the rail-safety statute. What constitutional reasoning supports the inspectors?
The House votes articles accusing a federal judge of bribery. What has the House done?
After the House impeaches an officer, the Senate holds a trial and two-thirds of members present vote guilty. What may the Senate do?
The president negotiates a treaty with another country. What Senate action is required before it can become a treaty under the Constitution?
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