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What are the things that states are prohibited from doing?
Three things that states are specifically forbidden to do include no duties on imports without Congress' approval, no duty on tonnage, ships of war, or troops, and no treaties. States are also forbidden to coin money or bills of credit.
What is the necessary and proper clause often called and what does it mean?
It's often called the Elastic Clause. It says that Congress can 'make all laws which shall be necessary and proper' for carrying out its duties.
Can the U.S. Constitution borrow money?
Yes. The Constitution of the United States says, in Article 1, Section 8, the second of the "enumerated powers" of the Congress:Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
Formal duties of the president?
From Article II of the United States Constitution: The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; . . . and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment. He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States,. . . but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. He 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.
Why does the Constitution state that a representative when elected shall not be an inhibitant of the state when elected?
It is to make certain that representatives chosen for a particular state are actually residents of that state. So, the Constitution does not truly say that. Unfortunately, double negatives were commonly used back in those days. Article 1, Section 2 states: "No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen." So while those words are in the Constitution, they have to be read with the opening words: "No person shall be a representative who. . .shall not be an inhabitant of the state in which he shall be chosen. No provision is truly clear unless it shall not use a double negative. Like I just did. Is this clear?
