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List and explain 3 expressed powers

Thursday, October 29, 2015• Objective: Students will be able to analyze the implied powers of

Congress.

• Materials Needed: Notebook, pen/pencil

Implied Powers• Implied powers come from one of the expressed powers

• Necessary and Proper Clause: allows Congress to choose the means “for carrying into Execution” the many powers given to it by the Constitution

The Power to Investigate• gather information necessary to the framing of legislation

• oversee the operations of various agencies in the executive branch

• focus public attention on some particular matter

• expose the questionable activities of some public official or private person or group

• Example: Hillary Clinton and Benghazi, McCarthy hearings in the 1950s

Checks on Executive Power• Senate confirms all executive branch appointments

• Senate approves treaties by a 2/3s vote

• House may be called to elect the President, if no candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes

Impeachment• the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States may

“be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

• the House has the power to impeach (to bring formal charges against a public official)

• a majority vote is needed to impeach an official

• the Senate holds the trial of the impeached official

• a 2/3s vote is needed to convict and remove an official

Clinton Impeachment Videos• Bernie Sanders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQqKUFw_6gg

• CNN coverage in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GgPo2cHFq0

• Daily Show: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/62uxch/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-from-my-perspective---impeachment