Federalism is the division of power between the federal government and lesser governments, for example, central and regional. There are two types of powers in federalism, expressed and implied powers. Expressed powers are powers written in the Constitution given to Congress and the president. Implied powers are the powers used to make expressed powers “necessary and proper” (chpt. 3 slideshow from your notes), which means that they’re powers made for Congress to carry out the responsibilities tailored to them. Federalism was created to give each type of government their own powers, but still maintain a balance. Although there is supposed to be a balance, several provisions have been created in order to, what seems like, give one specific group of government more power over the other- making the provisions extremely controversial. …show more content…
It also ruled that state institutions could not tax federal institutions, therefore restricting the power of the states and increasing that of the national government’s. The elastic clause basically enables the federal government to do whatever they feel the need to in order to carry out law. Almost every power in the National Government has been created by said clause. The court case Gibbons v Ogden used the elastic clause to justify that congress had the authority to control interstate transportation since it already had the power to regulate interstate commerce- that is an example of an implied