1.To levy and collect taxes for the defense of the country and matters of general interest.
2.The duty of governing trade with foreign nations, between different states (‘Commerce Clause’), and those with Native American tribes.
3.The power to take out loans on the credit of the United States.
4.Coining a currency, regulating its value, and standardizing weights and measures.
5.To decide rules for punishment for counterfeiters of currency.
6.It decides the rules for naturalization of immigrants, and those for declaring bankruptcy.
7.To establish an army and navy for the country’s defense.
8.Setting rules for the governing and conduct of the armed and naval forces.
9.The power to declare war, issue ‘Letters of Marque’, and decide the rules for capture of territory.
10.To establish a system of post offices and connecting roads.
11.Establishing a system of patents and copyrights, to promote advances in sciences and arts.
12.To establish a militia (armed citizens’ group), to fight invaders, quell uprisings, and ensure the implementation of laws.
13.To decide rules for the militia’s armament and training, while its composition will be decided by the states.
14.The exclusive right to govern any territory that hosts the nation’s capital, and those on which federal forts, armories, dockyards, and other establishments have been built.
15.It decides the rules for prosecution of those violating maritime laws, and the ‘Law of Nations’.
16.To establish federal courts at a subordinate level to the Supreme Court.
17.Authority to pass any laws which may be ‘necessary and proper’ to perform the above functions (‘Elastic Clause’)
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1.To levy and collect taxes for the defense of the country and matters of general interest.
2.The duty of governing trade with foreign nations, between different states (‘Commerce Clause’), and those with Native American tribes.
3.The power to take out loans on the credit of the United States.
4.Coining a currency, regulating its value, and standardizing weights and measures.
5.To decide rules for punishment for counterfeiters of currency.
6.It decides the rules for naturalization of immigrants, and those for declaring bankruptcy.
7.To establish an army and navy for the country’s defense.
8.Setting rules for the governing and conduct of the armed and naval forces.
9.The power to declare war, issue ‘Letters of Marque’, and decide the rules for capture of territory.
10.To establish a system of post offices and connecting roads.
11.Establishing a system of patents and copyrights, to promote advances in sciences and arts.
12.To establish a militia (armed citizens’ group), to fight invaders, quell uprisings, and ensure the implementation of laws.
13.To decide rules for the militia’s armament and training, while its composition will be decided by the states.
14.The exclusive right to govern any territory that hosts the nation’s capital, and those on which federal forts, armories, dockyards, and other establishments have been built.
15.It decides the rules for prosecution of those violating maritime laws, and the ‘Law of Nations’.
16.To establish federal courts at a subordinate level to the Supreme Court.
17.Authority to pass any laws which may be ‘necessary and proper’ to perform the above functions (‘Elastic Clause’)