Offering a unique resource for students, scholars, and citizens, this work fully explains all of the 21 enumerated powers of the U.S. Congress, from the "power of the purse" to the power to declare war.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Preface.
1: The Power to Tax.
2: The Power to Borrow Money.
3: The Power to Regulate Commerce.
4: The Power to Regulate Immigration.
5: The Power to Regulate Bankruptcies.
6: The Powers to Regulate Money, Weights, and Measures and to Punish Counterfeiting.
7: The Power to Establish Post Offices and Post Roads.
8: The Power to Regulate Patents and Copyright.
9: The Power to Constitute Courts and Other Tribunals Inferior to Supreme Court.
10: The Power to Punish Piracies and Other Offenses Against the Law of Nations.
11: The Power to Declare War.
12: The Power to Raise and Support Armies and to Provide and Maintain A Navy.
13: The Power to Regulate Land and Naval Forces.
14: The Power to Call Forth and Regulate the Militia.
15: The Power to Exercise Authority Over the District of Columbia and Federal Property.
16: The Power to Appropriate Money and to Budget.
17: The Power to Advise and Consent (Treaties).
18: The Power to Advise and Consent (Appointments).
19: The Power to Enforce the Civil War Amendments.
Appendix A: The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.
Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States of America.
