Pre-Test

General Welfare Clause

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the US Constitution, is a clause that empowers Congress to levy taxes and pay debts for the general welfare of the country. The provisions of the section reads as follows: "Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States." The U. S. Supreme Court first interpreted the clause in United States v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (U.S. 1936). The court in this case held that the general welfare language in the taxing-and-spending clause constituted a separate grant of power to Congress to spend in areas over which it was not granted direct regulatory control.

Elastic Clause

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 is a clause in the US Constitution that empowers the Congress to make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out its powers.

Advise and Consent Clause

Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 is a clause in the US Constitution. This clause states that then President can exercise his/her power to enter into treaties with other countries only with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Impeachment Clause

Article 2, Section 4 in the U.S. Constitution empowers the House of Representatives to remove the President, Vice-President or other civil officers of the U.S. from their office for committing offences like treason, bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors. However, the power to try all impeach is granted to the U.S. Senate. The provision is read as: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors".

Faithful Execution Clause

Article 3, Section 3, is a Clause in the US Constitution it provides that the President should take care that the laws are carried out faithfully. It says "the president shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States."

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Article 4, Section 1 in the US Constitution contains what is known as the Full Faith and Credit Clause. This clause requires all States in the US to recognize and give effect to the legislation, public records and judicial decisions of other Sates in the US. It states that each State should grant full faith and credit to the laws, public records and judicial decisions of every other state in the US. The clause ensures that the judicial decisions of other States are recognized by a State. This also ensures that individuals do not migrate to other states in order to escape a court judgment in another State. This clause is implemented by 28 USCS § 1738: State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit. It states as follows The Acts of legislature of any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States, or copies thereof, shall be authenticated by affixing the seal of such State, Territory or Possession thereto. The records and judicial proceedings of any court of any such State, Territory or Possession, or copies thereof, shall be proved or admitted in other courts within the United States and its Territories and Possessions by the attestation of the clerk and seal of the court annexed, if a seal exists, together with a certificate of a judge of the court that the said attestation is in proper form. Such Acts, records and judicial proceedings or copies thereof, so authenticated, shall have the same full faith and credit in every court within the United States and its Territories and Possessions as they have by law or usage in the courts of such State, Territory or Possession from which they are taken.

Extradition Clause

Article 4, Section 2 Clause 2 is a Clause in the US Constitution that is also called interstate rendition clause. This clause provides that any accused person who flees to another state should be returned to that state. This request shall be made by the executive authority of the state where the crime was committed.

The Admissions Clause

Article 4, Section 3, Clause 1 is a clause in the US Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the union.

Implied Powers Clause

Implied power is a political power that is not written in the U.S. Constitution but that exists to carry out an express power. Implied powers are powers of U.S. government which have not been explicitly granted by the Constitution but that is implied by the necessary and proper clause to be delegated for the purpose of carrying out the enumerated powers.

Appointments Clause

Pursuant to Section 2, Article 2 of US Constitution, the President shall have powers to appoint the federal judges and other officials. The clause empowers the President to nominate certain public officials with the advice and consent of the US Senate. However, appointment clause allows appointment of lower-level officials by the President.