Response area: Powers not expressly stated but inferred from the Constitution's necessary and proper clause. Example: Creating a national bank, building interstate highways

Question

Match the constitutional power to the correct example of this power.(5 points)

Answer 1

Certainly! Below are examples of constitutional powers that are not expressly stated but are inferred through the Necessary and Proper Clause, along with their corresponding matches:

1. Creating a national bank

   • Constitutional Power: Regulating commerce and managing monetary policy.

2. Building interstate highways

   • Constitutional Power: Regulating interstate commerce.

3. Implementing federal environmental regulations

   • Constitutional Power: Regulating commerce and promoting the general welfare.

4. Establishing the Federal Reserve System

   • Constitutional Power: Coining money and regulating the value thereof.

5. Creating federal agencies, like the EPA

   • Constitutional Power: Overseeing regulation of commerce and implementing laws to promote the general welfare.

If you have specific powers or examples in mind, please let me know!