Expressed powers
b. Expressed powers
Expressed powers are those powers directly stated in the Constitution. Most of those powers are found in the first three articles of the Constitution. Examples are the power to levy and collect taxes, to coin money, to declare war, and to regulate commerce among the states. Expressed powers are also known as enumerated (listed) powers.
Implied powers
Implied powers
These powers are referred to as implied powers, powers that are not explicitly granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution. The opposite would be expressed powers.
Expressed powers are powers that are stated in the constitution while implied are vaguely relevant and can be assumed to be stated. The elastic clause grants congress a set of implied powers that are not explicitly named in the constitution, but are assumed to exist because they are necessary to implement the expressed powers named in article 1.
Congressional powers not expressed are implied powers.
federal government.
These are called implied powers.
It is the Enumerated Powers the 17 powers gauranteed to congress according to Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution.
implied power