Two of these expressed powers, or enumerated powers, are the power to coin money and the power to regulate interstate commerce. |
|
During the ratification debate Federalists defended the Constitution by arguing that it granted the national government expressed powers only. |
|
The expressed powers are those set forth in some statute or in the charter of incorporation. |
|
Here, then, it is admitted that Congress has no right to create corporations unless they are intended to carry into effect certain expressed powers of the constitution. |
|
The principle was now admitted on all hands, that an implied power could only be derived from a single member of the expressed powers. |
|
When the Constitution came into force among the original thirteen States, Congress was given only those expressed powers enumerated in the Constitution. |
|