A general welfare clause is a section that appears in many constitutions and in some charters and statutes that allows that the governing body empowered...

and Spending Clause (which contains provisions known as the General Welfare Clause and the Uniformity Clause), Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United...

Most notably, Clauses 1 (the General Welfare or Taxing and Spending clause), 3 (the Commerce clause), and 18 (The Necessary and Proper clause) have been...

of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws. The Supreme Court has...

(and another, Mrs Be-Done-By-As-You-Did). Empathy Eye for an eye General welfare clause Kali's morality - a literary example of character not using the...

future exigencies. Hamilton noted that the "general welfare clause" and the "necessary and proper clause" gave elasticity to the Constitution. Hamilton...

1935) Congress as Santa Claus; or, National Donations and the General Welfare Clause of the Constitution (1932) Troubles of a Neutral (1934) Bankruptcy...

Free Speech Clause Free Press Clause Free Assembly Clause Petition Clause Search and Seizure Clause Double Jeopardy Clause Due Process Clause (along with...

except for Madison's objection to Hamilton's formulation of the general welfare clause, which Hamilton construed liberally as a legal basis for his extensive...

Confederate Constitution's equivalent to the U.S. Constitution's general welfare clause prohibited protective tariffs (but allowed tariffs for providing...

commerce clause differed from Scalia's, and they also held conflicting beliefs about the general welfare clause, the Indian commerce clause, and the necessary...

in future cases on agriculture that involved the Constitution's General Welfare Clause if he agreed to join his opinion. An indication that turmoil and...

constitutionality of such federal projects, Adams argued that the General Welfare Clause provided for broad constitutional authority. He promised that he...

Clause empowers the president to represent the people before Congress, by recommending measures for the reform of government, for the general welfare...

bridges, and canals. In making the veto, Madison argued that the General Welfare Clause did not broadly authorize federal spending on internal improvements...

implied powers derived from clauses such as the General Welfare Clause, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and the Commerce Clause and from its legislative...

convincing Jefferson to refrain from calling for the abolition of the General Welfare Clause. In 1799, Gallatin made a speech advocating against normalizing...

constitutionality of such federal projects, Adams argued that the General Welfare Clause provided for broad constitutional authority. While his predecessors...

An entrenched clause or entrenchment clause of a constitution is a provision that makes certain amendments either more difficult or impossible to pass...

power of the U.S. Congress "to provide for the general welfare" as part of the Taxing and Spending Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution...

attempted to remove the clause following Labour's loss in the 1959 general election. In 1995, under the leadership of Tony Blair, a new Clause IV was adopted....

on the authority of congress to pass legislation pursuant to the general welfare clause in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution"); House Concurrent...

administrative bureaus under a perverted interpretation of the general welfare clause." "To help preserve a free republican form of Government in the...

General Welfare Clause stemming back to the administration of George Washington, holding Congress possessed a power to tax and spend for the general welfare...

Section 1 of the United States Constitution, the Full Faith and Credit Clause, addresses the duty that states within the United States have to respect...

opponent, U.S. Senator John McCain, that Obama was a closet socialist. General Welfare clause Robin Hood plan Poverty in the United States De-industrialization...

The Origination Clause, sometimes called the Revenue Clause, is Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The clause says that all bills...

multiplied, and Congress began using general revenues to fund them—thus utilizing the general welfare clause's broad spending power, even though it had...

in the use of his property. Over the years the commerce clause and the general welfare clause have been so interpreted as to permit both the state and...

acts as an advisory body to the president. In the Opinion Clause (Article II, section 2, clause 1) of the U.S. Constitution, heads of executive departments...