General Welfare Clause

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Welfare_Clause

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy	1787
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:government
gptkbp:citedInCase	gptkb:South_Dakota_v._Dole gptkb:United_States_v._Butler gptkb:Helvering_v._Davis
gptkbp:compatibleWith	state governments
gptkbp:debatedBy	gptkb:Federalist_Papers
gptkbp:foundIn	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:interpretedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:language	The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Article_I,_Section_8
gptkbp:powers	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:purpose	allow Congress to tax and spend for the general welfare
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Taxing_and_Spending_Clause gptkb:Spending_Clause
gptkbp:sometimesCalled	gptkb:General_Welfare_Provision
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Taxing_and_Spending_Clause
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Welfare Clause