POSC150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: New Federalism, Hooverville, Commerce Clause

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POSC150
• Professor: Professor Hickel

Document Summary

Constitution grants to congress only those powers specifically expressed in the text. Congress has the authority to make all laws necessary and proper to carry them out. (implied powers) To make all laws necessary and proper to the execution of any of the other expressed powers . Congress has implied powers and can do something not explicitly mentioned in constitution if it is a means to accomplish an expressed end. Congress can create a national bank (implied power) because it is a means of regulating interstate commerce (expressed power) When the laws of the state and federal government conflict, the federal government prevails. Constitution is the supreme law of the land and state laws may not contradict it. Powers not delegated to the federal government by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states. Are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Reserved power to regulate the health, safety, welfare, and morals of its citizens.