The Constitution of the United States: Article I – Section 1

Article I – Section 1 :

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

One specific power mentioned here: legislative. That seemed worth a trip to the dictionary, so I looked up the definition of legislative at merriam-webster.com. Definition 1b seems particularly pertinent:

belonging to the branch of government that is charged with such powers as making laws, levying and collecting taxes, and making financial appropriations — compare executive , judicial

I’d never really thought of the word legislative as having any meaning beyond just making laws. I guess you could say that the other items mentioned in the definition are executed through the process of passing laws.

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3. The Constitution of the United States: Article I – Section 8
4. The Constitution of the United States: Article VI
5. The Constitution of the United States: Article I – Section 10