History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1059 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Implied Powers
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The idea
Hamilton justified the programme under Article One, Section Eight, invoking implied powers rather than any enumerated authority.
In practice
A reading that finds authority in what the Constitution permits as necessary to its stated ends.
Where people slip
This is the constitutional argument the whole first party system divides over.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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