What is an enumerated power in the Constitution?

Answer 1

Enumerated Powers of VP

The Constitution gives the Vice President only two duties. He/She presides over the Senate and votes only in case of a tie. Under the 25th Amendment, the Vice President helps decide whether the President is disabled and acts as the President should that ever happen.

Answer 2

The "enumerated powers" (delegated powers) of Congress are those expressly given to that body in the Constitution (Article 1, section 8) including taxation, the regulation of interstate commerce, coining money, and declaring war.

In addition to the 17 specific powers, the so-called "elastic clause" (clause 18) is often used to justify Congressional power to establish Federal authority in numerous related activities, ranging from transportation to consumer safety to civil rights.

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The complete list:

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy;

Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And

Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

~Delegated Powers:)-Nova Net

Answer 3

They are also known as delegated powers. They are expressly granted to the national governent by the Constitution. These powers are found in Article I, section 8, and include the authority to provide for the common defense, the power to coin money, and the power to regulate trade.

Answer 4

Enumerated powers are powers given to the national government. These include the authority to print money, declare war, make treaties, conduct foreign affairs, and regulate commerce among the states with foreign nations.

Answer 5

Enumerated powers are powers specifically given to Congress under the Constitution.

A example is: power to declare war

Answer 6

One enumerated power of Congress is the taxing and spending power. This allows Congress to set and enforce taxes, and create national budgets.