Last Will and Testament
Eminent domain
Ratify
zoning
Intrastate commerce
Interstate commerce
Naturalization
Inherent power
Welfare program
Concurrent powers
Reserved power
Contract
Immigration
Charter
To take care of the “general welfare of the people”
Express powers
Implied Power
A government initiative that provides financial aid for housing food and health care for people that meet specific guidelines
Business conducted within a state
Powers not delegated to the national government (unless denied) belong to the states; they are retained by the states; this is the 10th amendment
An agreement between people that creates rights and duties and is enforceable by law
A legal document that sets forth a person’s wishes as to where their assets should go upon death
Local rules that govern land use; typically 5 zones: residential, commercial, agricultural, recreational, industrial (sometimes mixed use zones)
Official approval
The government taking measures to do for the common good or public good in the areas of health and safety and peace
Business conducted between states
Powers shared by the national and state governments
The right for the government to take private property for a public purpose for reasonable and fair compensation
Listed in the constitution
Reasonably inferred from the express power, it is a logical extension of the express power
to begin or set up a college, bank, business, etc.
When a foreigner becomes a citizen after taking a citizenship test
Coming to live permanently in a country
A power not specifically listed in the constitution, grows out of the very existence of being a national government, you get this power “just because” you are the government
