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What powers are not specifically listed in the constitution, but they grow out of the very existence of the national government?

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The Supreme Court declared that inherent powers, which are the powers of a national government in foreign affairs, are not dependent on what the constitution authorizes, but comes out from the sole existence of the national government. Inherent powers aren’t particularly found in the Constitution.

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