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4 days ago · Constitution of the United States of America, the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world. The oldest written national constitution in use, the Constitution defines the principal organs of government and their jurisdictions and the basic rights of citizens.
- Civil Liberties, Bill of Rights
Constitution of the United States of America - Civil...
- Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation, first U.S. constitution...
- Amendments to The U.S. Constitution
reserves to the states those powers not delegated to the...
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Constitution of the United States, Fundamental law of the...
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The Constitution concisely organizes the country’s basic...
- Three-Fifths Compromise
Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between the...
- Civil Liberties, Bill of Rights
16 hours ago · Among the express powers of Congress as defined in the Constitution are the power to lay and collect taxes, borrow money on the credit of the United States, regulate commerce, coin money, declare war, raise and support armies, and make all laws necessary for the execution of its powers.
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2 days ago · The amendment states that the federal government has only those powers specifically granted by the Constitution. These powers include the power to declare war, to collect taxes, to regulate interstate business activities and others that are listed in the articles or in subsequent constitutional amendments.
2 days ago · The United States is a constitutional federal republic, in which the president (the head of state and head of government ), Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments.
2 days ago · The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the ...
5 days ago · 17 U.S. 316 (1819), affirmed the constitutional doctrine of Congress's “implied powers.” The decision established that Congress had not only the powers expressly conferred upon it by the Constitution but also all authority “appropriate” to its carrying out such powers—including, in this case, the authority to establish a national bank.
