What does Congress have the power to do under the Art of Confederation?
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liberate all women..make them free
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The Constitution will not go into effect as law of the Land until ratified.\n\nThe (then) current Articles of Confederation were not meant to last forever and needed replacement and enhancements.  These Articles did not specify States Rights versus Federal Rights clearly.\n\nThe Federal Government is broken into 3 branches of Government, to ensure a system of "Checks and Balances."  No single group could get control.  Also, unlike the Articles, the Constitution gave details on how it can be changed in the future (by Ammentments and Ratification).
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A confederation is an association of sovereign states, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. Confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defense, foreign affairs, foreign trade, and a common currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all members.
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Here are some good websites to help you:\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html\n\nhttp://www.law.ou.edu/hist/artconf.html\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation\n\nThose are full with info to help you!!!
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You would think the senate staffer would give you the best answer but he didn't, must be working for a (D).\nCongress, both the house and the senate have all kinds of cool non legislative powers.  not only does the congress(one or the other, sometimes both) have to declare war they also have to ratify all treaties, they confirm federal, appeals and supreme court justices, ambassadors, cabinet members, so they actually approved the late great DICK Cheney, they hold the budget purse strings, but that's kind of legislative, they can remove judges, presidents or anyone they approve through impeachment, they can investigate anyone in public, in some MA senators case they can get away with DWI and vehicular homicide and Child porn in FL. Okay the last two were political jabs but Congress has buckets of non legislative power, enough to keep them busy without passing any new laws all year long if they wanted.
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Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the Commerce Clause, empowers the United States Congress "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."
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A president's power and influence may be limited, but politically the president is certainly the most important power in Washington.\n\nThough constrained by various other laws passed by Congress, the President's executive branch conducts most foreign policy, and his power to order and direct troops as commander-in-chief is quite significant. (The exact limits of what a President can do with the military without Congressional authorization are unknow, even today)\n\nThere are checks and balances to assure the government is ran according to the constitution.  There are always ways to influence, but the body has more influence on the president, then vise versa.\n\nThe constitution provides certain checks and balances among the three branches of the federal government. The influence of Congress on the presidency has varied from one period to another; it depends largely on the leadership and the political influence of the President. The authors of the Constitution expected the greater power to lie with Congress and that is one reason they are described in Article One. Under the first half-dozen Presidents, power seems to have been evenly divided between the President and Congress, in part because early Presidents largely restricted their vetoes to claims of unconstitutionality.\n\nTo improve their working relationships with Congress, presidents in recent years have set up a Congressional Liaison Office in the White House. Presidential aides keep abreast of all important legislative activities and try to persuade senators and representatives of both parties to support administration policies.\n\n\nHope this helps...
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I believe you are confusing the Articles of Confederation (AC)and the Declaration of Independance (DI). The DI was not ratified but approved by the Congress on July 4, 1776. On the other hand, the AC was passed by Congress in November 1777 but were not ratified by all the states until 1781.
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No central government under the Articles of Confederation. This meant no taxes could be levied to support an army or run vital operations without consent of state legislatures. Each state had its own exchange rate, since there was no regulation of inner-state commerce. There was also open rebellion like Shay's rebellion that had to be put down with limited resources. So in 1787 the founding fathers met in Philadelphia to draft the constitution under the guise of fixing the Articles of Confederation.\nThe constitution solved many issues, but left the issue of slavery and as the nation expanded this would lead to Civil War. Southerners wanted slavery to expand into Western lands and the compromise of 1850 allowed it. However in Kansas territory slave owners and abolitionists had a mini civil war, long before Fort Sumter. The other major issue in the nation was expansion because from the War of 1812 thru the Mexican War, all the winnings were in territory. Hawks in the country wanted the US to have Canada all the way to the Pacific. This is called manifest Destiny. Through conquest and purchases this was acheived excpt Canada was not conquered during the war of 1812. \nAnother major issue was overseas commerce because many nations did not respect American ships and attacked them. Barbary pirates and the British were two groups to have done this. In response to the Barbary Pirates the marines took Tripoli and it was the first time an American flag flew over a foreign capital.
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The members of the Congress are elected by the people in their state or districts.  Thus, they represent the people in national issues and decides for the in the Congress.  In so doing, they are representives of the people to the national level.
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There are relatively few in the constitution, excluding the bill of rights, because the constitution is largely a government-organizing document, including power sharing among the three branches. (One of the reasons that the Antifederalists objected to the Constitution as written was that it did not include many specific restrictions on governmental authority, but rather which branch could do what.)\n\nThere are some restrictions.\nFor instance, Congress has only the enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8.  If a law does not fall within those powers, then Congress cannot enact it.\nThere are also Congressional actions which are expressly forbidden: (Article 1 Section 9) such as\n(a) No bills of attainder or ex post facto laws\n(b) No suspension of habeas corpus unless in times of invasion or rebellion\n(c) Public monies may not be spent except by appropriation and accounting by Congress\n(d) no import taxes or duties on interstate transportation.\n\nThere are also a few other "rights" -- such as the "republican form of government" clause in Article IV -- which guarantees that each state will have a republican form of government (i.e. electing representatives) and In Article III section 2 -- which guarantees a trial by jury for the trial of "all crimes."\n\nFor a complete list, simply read the Constitution without the amendments:\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/const.htm
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I believe your answer would be "C" based upon this website:\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html#Article5\n\nArticle V. For the most convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislatures of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remainder of the year.\n\nNo State shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees or emolument of any kind.\n\nEach State shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the States, and while they act as members of the committee of the States.\n\nIn determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote.\n\nFreedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests or imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace
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I don't know of such a plan, but if it existed, James Madison et. al. took care of that when they drafted the 10th Amendment to the Constitution (part of our Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791). \n\nIt says that any powers not expressly given to the Federal government belong to either the individual states or to the people.\n\nSure would be nice if Congress re-read its own Constitution from time to time, wouldn't it?
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The Constitution does not give any specific method by which war is declared.  No particular wording is required.  It simply says:\n\n     "The Congress shall have Power...\n          (...a bunch of other powers...)\n     To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal...\n          (...more other powers...)"\n\nThis question has come up many times in recent politics because a vote to "authorize military force" can be described to constituents as either a vote in favor of, or one opposed to, a war.  Politicians from both parties see this as being safer, politically, than using the phrase, "declare war."\n\nIn the legal sense, this question can't be definitively answered unless the Supreme Court, or a Constitutional amendment, lays out specific wording.  However, by the principals of precedent, and common law, since this war HAS been authorized, it has been declared.
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Can I get 10 pts if no one responds? \n\nYou gotta write about the balance of powers. How Supreme Court rules over the Congress.
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The Constitution gives the President primary powers in foreign policy, but Congress has oversight and, ultimately, the power of the purse - if they don't like a particular course of action, they can refuse to fund it or authorize any monies to be spent on it.