legislative branch of government
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- inherent powers
- unlisted powers that a government must have simply because is exists as a government and needs to run smoothly
- ex post facto laws
- laws punishing people for a crime that was not a crime when they did it
- bills of attainder
- convicts a person of a crime and punishes them without a trial
- habeas corpus
- literal meaning "you have the body"
- delegated powers
- powers given to the national government in Washington D.C.
- reserved powers
- powers given only to the states
- concurrent powers
- powers shared between the national and state governments
- enumerated powers
- powers given specifically to the Congress by the Constitution
- implied powers
- powers given to Congress that are general
- elastic clause
- gives the Constitution flexibility