Federal Government Tariffs

Article I, Section 8, Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause) – Grants Congress the powers that are implied in the Constitution, but are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution.

One example of when the National Government withheld funding to the states was during the No Child Left Behind Act. This Act tells us that if the school fails to comply with these conditions that the Government can and will take away the funding. Taking away this funding can destroy a school. The funding they give helps keep the school running by giving the kids everything they need

Main protectionist policies include tariffs, quotas, embargos and voluntary export restraints, and Adam Smith’s idea of absolute advantage has been developed further to explain international trade. In recent years, protectionism has become closely related to globalization during which the influences of trades spread almost everywhere, so people insist upon the study of social deformities generated by improper policies on international trade and the task of pointing them out with a view to remedy. There are certainly both economic and political purposes of trade

Article I Section 8 Clause 18 states that Congress has the power “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof”. An example of the use of this clause is Congress legislating punishment for not paying taxes. Article I gives Congress the right to tax and this example shows Congress protecting that right which is the purpose of the necessary

            While there may have been quite some time between the passing of this law and me writing this letter, I have not been angered or felt its effects in any way that affected me. However, I know that it is safe to say that I am one of few whose morale has not been reduced. But, after all, I am not the one paying for everything that my family wants. For example, father is quite enraged about this. He is not the calm man that you have met before; instead, he seems to be very on edge,

Constitution Act of 1867. Therefore, the federal government has the ultimate power to enact laws

This is the case of huge fixed cost involved in production, so the argument goes like this, if they will stop manufacturing, there will be a huge loss for them including the total fixed cost and sunk cost, which cannot be recovered.

In modern economic policy of nations and states, the tariffs a tool to tax goods and services being imported. The principal desired outcome for this tool is to create security for the domestic industry from the imported product, which may be cheaper for consumers to purchase. (McEachern, 2015)

Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution states that “Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes” (Epstein, et. al., 2017). “Congress can regulate the channels of interstate commerce and has the authority to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, and persons or things in interstate commerce. Congress has the power to regulate activities that substantially affect interstate commerce” (Epstein, et. al., 2017).

Article one section 8 list the expressed powers of Congress. Some of these expressed powers included were “The power to establish rules to allow foreign-born immigrants to become citizens of the United States”,”The power to organize all federal courts below the Supreme Court”,”The power to make rules to regulate the conduct of the armed forces”,”The power to call out the militia to defend the country from invasions or insurrections”,”The power to acquire lands from the states for use by the federal government”,”The power to "make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers...."(Article one section 8 of the constitution).

first look at the validity of the court and of the entity of authority itself.

The Commerce Clause gives Congress powers to regulate and control business of different kinds between foreign countries, different states, and Indian tribes. Any kind of commerce that exists in a state is controlled by that state and is called intrastate commerce. Interstate commerce is commerce between citizens of different states. Commerce with foreign nations is trade relationships between American citizens and citizens of foreign countries. Commerce with Indian tribe occurs between the Unites States and American Indians. This clause was created to eliminate competitiveness between the groups of the states that had an access to major harbors and those states, which were not close to them.

As mentioned in the text “Law is a body of rules established by government officials that bind government, individuals, and nongovernment organization.” These rules were established to maintain stability and justice. The five sources of law are common law, constitutional law, legislation, executive orders and administrative law. Common law is judge made and is grounded in tradition and previous judicial decisions, instead of in written laws. It was a tradition beginning in England as the United States had former ties to England, they were influenced by it. Constitutional law is the body of law that comes out of the courts in cases involving the interpretation of the constitution. The highest court is the Supreme Court.

There are quite a few forms of tariffs that the government may apply based on the condition of the country’s economic welfare. The pros and cons of these forms of tariffs will be reviewed. Discussion on how these tariffs positively or negatively affects the economic stance of the country will be displayed. Tariffs such as the ad valorem, the taxing a percentage of the value of an item and the specific tariff or tax which is a set amount based on weight or sum of items. (McEachern, 2015)

to the law. The rule of law often is stated to be one of the