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Constitutional doctrine of limiting the Federal Government to explicitly granted powers
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FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Article I: Annotations: Enumerated, Implied, Resulting and Inherent Powers
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The Constitution or Liberty, by Sheldon Richman, 7 Dec 2007
Related Topics: James Madison, Reserved Powers
Contrasts Article II of the Articles of Confederation with the Tenth Amendment and Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, and discusses the implied powers of the latter document
"Last year Professor Calvin H. Johnson of the University of Texas Law School published an illuminating paper titled 'The Dubious Enumerated Power Doctrine' ... Johnson presents formidable evidence that the framers had no intention of limiting the national government's powers to the 16 items listed in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution."
The Bill of Rights: Reserved Powers, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Freedom Daily, May 2005
Related Topics: Reserved Powers
"Under the Constitution, the federal government is a government of express enumerated powers rather than a government of general powers. ... The state governments, on the other hand, are governments of general powers, but with two exceptions. ... The Bill of Rights, by its own terms, applies only to the federal government ..."
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