Explain the purple of enumerated and implied powers found in Article 1 of the constitution. Why aren't all powers held at the federal level or given to the states?

Explain the purple of enumerated and implied powers found in Article 1 of the constitution. Why aren't all powers held at the federal level or given to the states?

Explanation:

commerce clausePart of Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce (buying and selling of goods across state lines).

federalismAn institutional arrangement that creates two relatively autonomous levels of government, each possessing the capacity to act directly on behalf of the people with the authority granted to it by the national constitution.

enumerated powersPowers of the federal government that are explicitly named in the Constitution.

implied powersPowers of the federal government that are not explicitly named in the Constitution but are implied so that the federal government can carry out its enumerated powers.

necessary and proper clausePart of Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to create laws that they find “necessary and proper” for performing their constitutional responsibilities.

Tenth AmendmentConstitutional amendment that stipulates that all powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

Fourteenth AmendmentConstitutional amendment that grants citizenship, equal protection, and due process under the law to all people born in the United States.