inherent powers

Examples of inherent powers in the following topics:

• Inherent Powers

  • Inherent powers are assumed powers of the president not specifically listed in the Constitution.
  • Inherent powers are those powers that a sovereign state holds.
  • In other words, Inherent powers are assumed powers of the president not specifically listed in the Constitution.
  • He used the inherent powers to justify the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which dramatically increased the size of our nation.
  • Supporters of the unitary executive theory argue that this means that the president's power, particularly the inherent power that come with being commander in chief, are open ended and cannot be checked by the other two branches.

• The Oversight Function

  • Congress exercises this power largely through its congressional committee system.
  • Congress's oversight authority derives from its "implied" powers in the Constitution, public laws, and House and Senate rules.
  • Oversight is an implied rather than an enumerated power under the U.S.
  • The lack of debate was because oversight and its attendant authority were seen as an inherent power of representative assemblies, which enacted public law.
  • Oversight also derives from the many, varied express powers of the Congress in the Constitution.

• Investigation

  • Congress exercises this power largely through its congressional committee system.
  • Oversight is an implied rather than an enumerated power under the U.S.
  • The lack of debate was based on the view that oversight and its attendant authority were inherent powers of representative assemblies, which enacted public law.
  • Reinforcing these powers is Congress's broad authority "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."
  • Reinforcing these powers is Congress's broad authority "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."

• The President

  • In his last press conference before the start of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, President Bush invoked the congressional authorization of force, UN resolutions, and the inherent power of the president to protect the United States derived from his oath of office.
  • Presidents have more power and responsibility in foreign and defense policy than in domestic affairs.
  • As America' chief diplomat, the president has the power to make treaties to be approved by the Senate.
  • War powers provide a key avenue for presidents to act in foreign policy.
  • Congress's most concerted effort to restrict presidential war powers, the War Powers Act, passed despite President Nixon's veto in 1973.

• Liberty

  • The thinkers of the Enlightenment reasoned that law governed both heavenly and human affairs, and that law gave the king his power, rather than the king's power giving force to law.
  • Within the context of social liberty, the British philosopher John Stuart Mill, in his work On Liberty, sought to define the "nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual."
  • As such, he describes an inherent and continuous antagonism between liberty and authority.

• Diplomacy

  • Keeping in mind, the use of other tools are part of the communication and negotiation inherent within diplomacy.
  • It is often divided up into the concepts of hard power and soft power.
  • Hard power relates primarily to coercive power, such as the use of force.
  • There is no clear dividing line between the two forms of power.
  • However, diplomacy is usually regarded as being important in the creation of "soft" power, while military power is important for "hard" power.

• The Bill of Rights

  • The Bill of Rights is a series of limitations on the power of the U.S. government, protecting the natural rights of liberty and property.
  • The Bill of Rights reserves for the people any rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution and reserves all powers not specifically granted to the federal government to the people or the States.
  • The Philadelphia Convention set out to correct weaknesses inherent in the Articles of Confederation.
  • He expounded on the idea of natural rights that are inherent to all individuals.
  • Locke also advocated governmental separation of powers and believed that revolution is not only a right but an obligation in some circumstances.

• Business and Labor in the Economy

  • In his 1867 work, Das Kapital, Karl Marx argued that business and labor were inherently at odds under capitalism, because the motivating force of capitalism is in the exploitation of labor, whose unpaid work is the ultimate source of profit and surplus value.
  • Labor law arose due to the demand for workers to have better conditions, the right to organize, or, alternatively, the right to work without joining a labor union, and the simultaneous demands of employers to restrict the powers of the many organizations of workers and to keep labor costs low.
  • Workers' organizations, such as trade unions, can also transcend purely industrial disputes and gain political power.

• The Electoral College

  • The Electoral College is an example of indirect election, when a democratic government is voted into power by a representative vote, rather than by the entirety of the electorate.
  • Critics argue that the Electoral College is inherently undemocratic and gives swing states disproportionate influence in electing the President and Vice President.
  • They believe it protects the most powerful office in the country from control by what these proponents view as regional minorities until they can moderate their views to win national election.

• Delegated Powers

  • The delegated powers are a list of items found in the U.S.
  • Almost all presidential powers rely on what Congress does or does not do.
  • And many presidential powers are delegated powers that Congress has accorded presidents to exercise on its behalf and that it can cut back or rescind.
  • The delegated powers, also called enumerated powers, are a list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.
  • John Marshall's writing about enumerated powers in McCullogh v.