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Limitations on taxes
- church service/ newspaper
- no export taxes
- direct takes must be equal
- can only tax for public purpose
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Limitaions on Commerce
- No export taxes
- Cant favor one states ports
- no state to state tax
- slave trade
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Gibbon V. Ogden
set precedent for interstate trade
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Naturalization
process of citizenship, either natural born or can be naturalized
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How to become a citizen
- must be 18
- live in US
- take the text
- give oath
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Expressed Powers
- Currencey Power
- Borrowing Power
- Bankrupsy Power
- Power of tax
- Commerce Power
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Currency Power
only federal government can coin, borrow, and set value
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Borrowing Power
congress has the power to borrow $ on the credit of the US
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Bankrupsy Power
set the rules and regualtions for bankrupsy
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Power of Tax
can tax, has regulations
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Commerce Power
only federal govenment can regulate foreign and interstate trade
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Non-Legislative Powers
- Electoral Power-If no canidate recieves a majority in the elecoral college, the house of res picks the president and senate picks vice president
- Executive Power- approve appointments and treaties
- Investigating Powers
- gather information for a law, present the effectiveness of law, see if its being administered correctly
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War Powers ACT of 1973
- Only congress can declare war
- President can send troops but must inform congress within 48 hrs, and congress must approve withing 60-90 days
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Impeachment process
bring charges against an offcial, house votes on charges, majority senate sits as a jury, 2/3 chief justice precents over it.
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Indirect Taxes
Added tax, sales tax
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Direct Taxes
Tax paid directly to goverment by person who owes the tax
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20th Amendment
End of terms
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21st amendment
end of prohibition
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22nd amendment
president cannot be elected more than twice
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23rd amendment
presidential electors for DC
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24th amendment
right to vote in federal elections
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25th amdnedment
vice president becomes president
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26th amendment
right to vote when 18
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27th amendment
limits congress's power to fix salaries of its members
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