Question

Which of the following is an example of an expressed power?

granting professional licenses

creating the post offices

establishing an air force

conducting elections

Answer 1

@Rag433

Answer 2

i dont know what is express power

Answer 3

Okay, I'm assuming we are still talking about the constitution?

Answer 4

yups...

Answer 5

dont know this one? @Rag433 :/

Answer 6

Okay, when you are dealing with powers in constitution there are two types.

Expressed Power - A power specifically mentioned in the constitution that congress has.
Implied Power - A power that is not mentioned in the constitution but congress needs in order to carry out it's expressed powers.

Here are some examples.

- To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
- To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
- To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
- To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;
- To establish post offices and post roads;
- 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;
- To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
- To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
- To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
- To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;
- To provide and maintain a navy;

Answer 7

So with those powers mentioned (all of them are in the constitution) which answers seem good to you?

Answer 8

well... it says there "to establish a post office" so i think that one would be the actual answer... lol... i was thinking of the air force.. but that would be an implied power right?
thanks once again :)

Answer 9

Yep, the constitution only provides for an Army and a Navy, no Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.

So Post Office would be the right answer,

Answer 10

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