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Expressed powers
The Constitution gives expressed powers to congress in Article 1, section 8. -
Implied powers
Supreme court upholds the concept of implied powers, declaring that the powers to tax, borrow, & regulate commerce to establish a national bank. -
Immigration
supreme court rejects state efforts to regulate immigration, declaring it a constitutional issue. -
Legal tender
The U.S government issues its first legal tender notes, which are popularly called greenbacks. -
Monopolies
The Sherman Antitrust Act, based on the commerce power, regulates monopolies and other practices that limit competition. -
Wagner act
based on the commerce power, recognizes the labor's right to bargain collectively. The social security act is passed. -
Highway system
The interstate and national highway act, based on the commerce and war powers, provides for the national interstate highway system. -
1965
Congress amends the social security act of 1935 to create medicare, which covers hospital and other heath-care cost of the elderly. -
Impaired
The Americans with Disabilities Act, based on commerce power, prohibits discrimination against the physically impaired. -
Reserved Powers
In United States v. Lopez, the court strikes down the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1990 on the grounds that the federal government invades reserved powers of the states with this legislation.