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  • WHERE THEN IS THE RESTRAINT?

    10/15/2009 6:50:40 AM PDT · by Huck · 57 replies · 655+ views
    www.tconway.com ^ | 1788 | An Old Whig
    Let us look to the first article of the proposed new constitution, which treats of the legislative powers of Congress; and to the eighth section, which pretends to define those powers. We find here that the Congress in its legislative capacity, shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, and excises; to borrow money; to regulate commerce; to fix the rule for naturalization and the laws of bankruptcy; to coin money; to punish counterfeiters; to establish post offices and post roads; to secure copy rights to authors; to constitute tribunals; to define and punish piracies; to declare war;...