PART 1
Some of the Congressional powers are the power to tax, the power to regulate commerce and the power to regulate immigration. For 150 years, the limits of the tax power was in issue (Sky 2008), but finally US v. Butler, 297 US 1 (1936) held that it is broad and limited only by the requirement of general welfare. If not reposed in Congress, the federal government cannot raise funds for social services. Life will not be fair because poorer states will have poorer services compared to richer states. The power to regulate commerce was initially vague because ‘commerce’ is ...
