3.3A Expressed v. Implied Powers Quiz

Create & manage National Parks

Draft people into the armed services

Establish bankruptcy laws

Create lower federal courts

Provide and maintain a navy

Raise, support, and regulate an air force

Grant copyrights and patents

Limit the number of immigrants to the United States

Prohibit discrimination in restaurants, hotels, and other public accommodations.

Establish laws of naturalization

Establish post offices & post roads

Borrow Money

Support public schools, welfare programs, public houses, etc.

Provide, regulate, and call into service a militia (known as National Guard)

Regulate interstate & foreign commerce

Declare war

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act to end discrimination, particularly in businesses that operated across state lines. By exercising its power to regulate commerce, Congress ensured that discrimination in public accommodations and employment was addressed, as such practices could impede the free flow of goods, services, and people across state borders.

Although the Constitution grants the President the role of Commander-in-Chief, Congress used its implied power to ensure that the decision to engage in war would involve legislative oversight.

Congress maintained that the War Powers Resolution expanded presidential authority to initiate and continue military conflicts.

Congress argued that declaring war gave the president broad authority to deploy troops without legislative oversight. They no longer wanted to be held responsible for declaring war because it might cost them support from constitutents.

Congress claimed disability discrimination directly controlled the production and sale of goods within each individual state.

Congress argued that the commerce clause expressly authorized federal regulation of all private discrimination affecting disabled citizens.

Congress passed the ADA to ensure that people with disabilities could access public and private facilities that serve customers from different states. Since businesses often operate across state lines, Congress used its power to regulate commerce to ensure that everyone, regardless of their abilities, had equal access to services and jobs.

Congress maintained that disability discrimination was necessary to preserve uniform state standards for local employment and education. They also argued that the states should be able to decide for themselves if discrimination would be allowed.