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IMPLIED POWERS........In the case of the United States government, implied powers are the powers exercised by Congress which are not explicitly given by the Constitution itself but necessary and proper ----------------------->>>>to execute the powers which are<------
ARTICLE 1 SECTION 8 CLAUSE 18-----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.
implied powers are powers to make federal laws which pertain to the constitutional powers .....congress has been granted
EXAMPLE-----congress is granted the power to punish ......counterfeiting and piracy........however the power granted is just a general power, ..it is NOT DEFINED.
article 1 section 8 clause 18 - grants congress the ability to make a federal law, which defines this constitutional power down into law, ......by the procedures, and actual punishment of what crime is going to be.
implied powers DO NOT grant congress the ability to created any federal laws, which DO not deal with the Constitutional powers granted to congress in article 1 section 8