Social Sciences and History / Unit 8 SSH 0702 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Enumerated, Implied, Inherent
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The idea
Enumerated powers are addressed in the text: commerce, armies, war, money, foreign affairs. Implied powers are inferred as necessary to the national government's objectives. Inherent powers are neither, assumed to exist because the country exists.
In practice
The commerce power grew; the foreign-policy power declined across the twentieth century.
Where people slip
Unit 07 sorts powers between levels; this triad is Congress's own.
Your place on the trail
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