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2: Creates the executive branch whose main job is to enforce the laws.

Not only does create the executive branch but also establishes it and specifies some of his duties. The power of this branch is vested in the President.

6: Explains general and miscellaneous provisions such as oaths of office and the supremacy clause

It states that the Senators, Representatives, the Members of the State Legislatures, all executive and judicial Officers, must be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support the Constitution, which is the "Law of the Land" (The supremacy clause).

1: Creates the Legislative branch whose main job is to make the laws

And the same must consist of a bicameral Congress consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. It also establishes how they should be elected and their functions.

5: Explains how to amend the Constitution

It gives power to both the states and the Congress to initiate the process of amending the Constitution.

4: Establishes relations among state government

It guarantees a republican form of government in each state, protects the nation from foreign or domestic violence and mentions that all the states are equal to each other and therefore should respect each other’s laws.

7: Explains how the Constitution will be ratified

It will be ratified with the requirement of at least nine states.

3: Creates the judicial branch whose main job is to interpret the laws

It consists of one Supreme Court, whose judges are appointed for life unless they resign due to bad behavior, and establishes other outlines in which the branch should act.

Question 2

2. Delegated powers: powers specifically given to the national government such as establishing post offices

These powers are specifically stated in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Besides establishing post offices, the government also has the right to establish post roads, coin money, regulate interstate commerce, provide and maintain a navy, etc.

5. Inherent powers: powers that are suggested and allowed due to the necessary and proper/elastic clause such as establishing the interstate highway system

Similar to the implied powers, the inherent powers are allowed without being stated in the Constitution, and they are linked with the right to national self-preservation. To establish the interstate highway system is an example of that.

1. Concurrent powers: powers that both national and state governments have/do such as collecting taxes

These powers are exercised simultaneously within the same territory and to the same people, others examples include the power to make roads, protect the environment, create lower courts and regulate elections.

3. Denied powers: powers neither the federal or state government have (such as making a law that would prevent the establishment of religion)

These powers are specifically prohibited or deny to both the state and the federal government in Article 1, Sections 9 and 10 of the Constitution, it includes the imposition of taxes on states’ exports, granting titles of nobility, establishing a national religion, etc. Powers denied to state governments only include the production of money, declaring war and making foreign treaties, etc.

4. Implied powers: powers that don't have to be given in the Constitution - they are just a part of the government, such as protecting the country from attack.

These powers aren't specified in the Constitution but they are assumed through the expressed powers. For example, the Constitution says that Congress has the right to tax, but it doesn't specify how and to what; the Congress' power to tax on whatever they deem necessary is an example of implied power. Similarly, the Constitution gave the Congress the right to raise and support an army, but it doesn't specifically define what kind of army; therefore, the Congress has the implied power to raise and support an air force, for example.