Congress can borrow money on the credit of the U.S., they can make laws, and they have the power of calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union.
They cannot create a notional public school system, require people to vote or attend church, or abolish jury trials.
Congress effects changes to the Constitution by proposing amendments that would have to be ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures or state conventions called for the purpose of ratification. Congress cannot make any Constitutional changes on its own.
It is the rights embodied in the Constitution and that these rights cannot be changed or repelled by Congress through legislation.
The Constitution gives the president the power to prorogue a session of Congress if the two houses can not agree on a date. This is found in Article 2 of the Constitution.
The Presidents salary cannot be increased or decreased at any time during his term. This is to ensure that Congress does not use the Presidents salary as a bargaining tool to influence executive decisions. Constitution Article 2 Section1 Clause 7
all of the following are explicit limitations placed placed by the constitution on the use of commerce power... - Taxation of exports. - Prohibition of favoring one state's ports over another. - Prohibition of requiring vessels from one state to pay duties in another state. -Could not do anything to limit the slave trade for 20 years, until 1808
The USA has no such process under the Constitution, Congress cannot be dissolved.
Debates in Congress cannot be questioned in the courts.
No. The Congress derives its power from the Constitution, not from the president. The president and Congress are co-equal branches of the govenerment: the president cannot suspend the congress, and the Congress cannot suspsend the Presidency
Congress cannot regulate foreign trade.
Congress effects changes to the Constitution by proposing amendments that would have to be ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures or state conventions called for the purpose of ratification. Congress cannot make any Constitutional changes on its own.
The president sets the time if the two houses of Congress cannot agree on adjournment. This power is given to the president by the Constitution.
inference that it can because the constitution does not say that it cannot
The Constitution requires that at least one half of the members of Congress be present in order to vote on a bill. Without that amount, a vote cannot be held.
Congress must set its own pay.
It is the rights embodied in the Constitution and that these rights cannot be changed or repelled by Congress through legislation.
Congress cannot suspend the right of the Writ of Habeas Corpus unless it is a matter of public safety, it cannot pass ex posto facto laws, it cannot grant a title of nobility, and it cannot lay tax on items exported from and state. Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution lists prohibited behaviors for Congress in detail.
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