Answer: the federal government ability to draft people into the army is an implied power. In the United States federal government, the term “implied powers” applies to those powers exercised by Congress that are not expressly granted to it by the Constitution but are deemed to be “necessary and proper” in order to effectively execute those constitutionally granted powers.
Explanation: An example of implied powers versus express powers is the way in which officials collect taxes. Congress has the express power to collect taxes. It also has the implied power to create an agency – the Internal Revenue Service –and entrust it to handle the collection of taxes.
The USA is may be a nation with an all-volunteer military, one that ended conscription more than 40 years ago, but federal law still requires men ages 18 to 25 to register for a draft that does not exist. There are few exemptions and no second chances.
