Constitution itself? It outlines a number of powers possessed by the
legislature that the executive branch is compelled to enforce at
Congress' legislative convenience.
How do Federal institituions depart from these powers, and where do they
exceed their authority?
M
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Article 10: The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States
respectively, or to the people.
My read on it is this:
The federal government can only take legislative control over those
items
specifically mentioned in the constitution, so long as it hasn't been
stopped from doing so by the states. Anything else falls either to
state
legislation or the people themselves.
The founding fathers could not envision all that is necessary to run a
modern nation and I think they new with time the government would need
to
change and adapt, which is why they built in an amendment process.
Legislating outside the scope of the constitution, without getting
approved
an amendment granting the federal government increased powers,
specifically
in your area of interest, is unconstitutional according to my read on
this.
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Timothy Heald
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Overseas Security Advisory Council
U.S. Department of State
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