12. Read this excerpt from the U.S Constitution.
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two years;
-Article I, Section 8
A. the implied powers of the executive branch
B. the expressed powers of the executive branch
C. the implied powers of the legislative branch
D. the expressed powers of the legislative branch
13. Read the excerpt from the textbook:
In 1952, at the height of the Korean War, a labor dispute threatened to shut down the nation's steel industry and imperil the war effort. To avert a strike, President HArry Truman, acting commander in chief, ordered the Secretary of Commerce to seize and operate several steel mills. But the Supreme Court found that here the President had overstepped his constitutional authority. It held that only Congress, acting under its commerce power, could authorize the seizure of private property in time of war, and it had not done so. This is an example of
A. the judicial branch limiting the legislative branch
B. the legislative branch limiting the executive branch.
C. the judicial branch limiting the executive branch.
D. the legislative branch limiting the judicial branch
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