3 Branches of Government: Powers of the Constitution
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| lay and collect taxes | Legislative
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| borrow money on the credit of the U.S. | Legislative
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| regulate commerce with foreign nations | Legislative
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| establish a uniform rule of citizenship | Legislative
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| establish a uniform rule on the subject of bankruptcies | Legislative
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| coin money | Legislative
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| fix the standard of weights and measures | Legislative
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| provide punishment of counterfeiting | Legislative
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| establish post offices and post roads | Legislative
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| promote science and the arts by making laws on copyrights and patents | Legislative
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| set up inferior courts to the Supreme Court | Legislative
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| punish piracy, or the robbing of ships at sea | Legislative
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| declare war | Legislative
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| raise an army | Legislative
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| raise a navy | Legislative
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| make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces | Legislative
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| provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia | Legislative
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| control the district around the national capital | Legislative
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| make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for the good of the nation | Legislative
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| hear a case that involve the Constitution and federal laws | Judicial
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| have jurisdiction over cases involving treaties | Judicial
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| have jurisdiction over cases involving foreign ambassadors and diplomats | Judicial
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| have jurisdiction over cases involving naval and maritime laws | Judicial
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| have jurisdiction over cases involving disagreements between states | Judicial
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| ensure the trial of all crimes, except impeachment, shall be by jury | Judicial
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| be commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces | Executive
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| be commander-in-chief of the state militias | Executive
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| grant reprieves | Executive
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| grant pardons for offenses against the U.S., except in cases of impeachment | Executive
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| make treaties | Executive
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| appoint ambassadors | Executive
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| appoint public ministers and consuls | Executive
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| appoint judges for the Supreme Court | Executive
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| appoint Cabinet officials, e.g. Secretary of State | Executive
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| fill vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate | Executive
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