Economics 101

[P@triot]

The U.S. Constitution explicitly restricts the federal government to 18 enumerated powers. Providing retirement plans, food, or healthcare is not one of those powers. Therefore, they are all 100% illegal.

BULLSHIT!
It is in the very first enumerated power!

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States"

Hey stupid.....the "General Welfare" is in regards to their 18 enumerated powers. The founders didn't feel the necessity to write a 2,000 page document (like Obamacare) because back then liberalism didn't exist so people actually had integrity. They didn't want to name each and every item under the 18 enumerated powers. And since the federal government was already explicitly restricted to just those 18 enumerated powers, they granted them broad powers within each of those - hence the "general welfare". Perhaps you might want to educate yourself just a smidge before commenting and embarrassing yourself?

Here is none other than Thomas Jefferson himself on two separate occasions explaining as much:

“Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically enumerated; and that, as it was never meant they should provide for that welfare but by the exercise of the enumerated powers, so it could not have been meant they should raise money for purposes which the enumeration did not place under their action” - Thomas Jefferson (June 6, 1817)

“[We] disavow, and declare to be most false and unfounded, the doctrine that the [Constitution], in authorizing its federal branch to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, has given them thereby a power to do whatever they may think, or pretend, would promote the general welfare–which construction would make that of itself a complete government, without limitation of powers.… The plain sense and obvious meaning were that they might levy the taxes necessary to provide for the general welfare by the various acts of power therein specified and delegated to them, and by no others. – Thomas Jefferson (December 24, 1825)

I never cease to marvel at your ignorance about the U.S. Constitution and your own government. I included the exact dates of the quotes so you can research them for yourself too junior.

 

[edthecynic]

The U.S. Constitution explicitly restricts the federal government to 18 enumerated powers. Providing retirement plans, food, or healthcare is not one of those powers. Therefore, they are all 100% illegal.

BULLSHIT!
It is in the very first enumerated power!

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States"

Hey stupid.....the "General Welfare" is in regards to their 18 enumerated powers. The founders didn't feel the necessity to write a 2,000 page document (like Obamacare) because back then liberalism didn't exist so people actually had integrity. They didn't want to name each and every item under the 18 enumerated powers. And since the federal government was already explicitly restricted to just those 18 enumerated powers, they granted them broad powers within each of those - hence the "general welfare". Perhaps you might want to educate yourself just a smidge before commenting and embarrassing yourself?

Here is none other than Thomas Jefferson himself on two separate occasions explaining as much:

“Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically enumerated; and that, as it was never meant they should provide for that welfare but by the exercise of the enumerated powers, so it could not have been meant they should raise money for purposes which the enumeration did not place under their action” - Thomas Jefferson (June 6, 1817)

“[We] disavow, and declare to be most false and unfounded, the doctrine that the [Constitution], in authorizing its federal branch to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, has given them thereby a power to do whatever they may think, or pretend, would promote the general welfare–which construction would make that of itself a complete government, without limitation of powers.… The plain sense and obvious meaning were that they might levy the taxes necessary to provide for the general welfare by the various acts of power therein specified and delegated to them, and by no others. – Thomas Jefferson (December 24, 1825)

I never cease to marvel at your ignorance about the U.S. Constitution and your own government. I included the exact dates of the quotes so you can research them for yourself too junior.

Nothing in those two quotes precludes SS or health care.
Try again.

 

[P@triot]

The U.S. Constitution explicitly restricts the federal government to 18 enumerated powers. Providing retirement plans, food, or healthcare is not one of those powers. Therefore, they are all 100% illegal.

BULLSHIT!
It is in the very first enumerated power!

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States"

Hey stupid.....the "General Welfare" is in regards to their 18 enumerated powers. The founders didn't feel the necessity to write a 2,000 page document (like Obamacare) because back then liberalism didn't exist so people actually had integrity. They didn't want to name each and every item under the 18 enumerated powers. And since the federal government was already explicitly restricted to just those 18 enumerated powers, they granted them broad powers within each of those - hence the "general welfare". Perhaps you might want to educate yourself just a smidge before commenting and embarrassing yourself?

Here is none other than Thomas Jefferson himself on two separate occasions explaining as much:

“Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically enumerated; and that, as it was never meant they should provide for that welfare but by the exercise of the enumerated powers, so it could not have been meant they should raise money for purposes which the enumeration did not place under their action” - Thomas Jefferson (June 6, 1817)

“[We] disavow, and declare to be most false and unfounded, the doctrine that the [Constitution], in authorizing its federal branch to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, has given them thereby a power to do whatever they may think, or pretend, would promote the general welfare–which construction would make that of itself a complete government, without limitation of powers.… The plain sense and obvious meaning were that they might levy the taxes necessary to provide for the general welfare by the various acts of power therein specified and delegated to them, and by no others. – Thomas Jefferson (December 24, 1825)

I never cease to marvel at your ignorance about the U.S. Constitution and your own government. I included the exact dates of the quotes so you can research them for yourself too junior.

Nothing in those two quotes precludes SS or health care.
Try again.

Actually they do. How stupid do you feel right now? The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more. Since those powers don't include healthcare, retirement, feeding the people, etc. those items are completely unconstitutional.

I don't blame you though brother. I know you've been duped by liberals and trained to ignore reality in favor of ideology.

 

[regent]

The Constitution is what the Court say it is.
Justice Holmes.

 

[regent]

The U.S. Constitution explicitly restricts the federal government to 18 enumerated powers. Providing retirement plans, food, or healthcare is not one of those powers. Therefore, they are all 100% illegal.

BULLSHIT!
It is in the very first enumerated power!

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States"

Hey stupid.....the "General Welfare" is in regards to their 18 enumerated powers. The founders didn't feel the necessity to write a 2,000 page document (like Obamacare) because back then liberalism didn't exist so people actually had integrity. They didn't want to name each and every item under the 18 enumerated powers. And since the federal government was already explicitly restricted to just those 18 enumerated powers, they granted them broad powers within each of those - hence the "general welfare". Perhaps you might want to educate yourself just a smidge before commenting and embarrassing yourself?

Here is none other than Thomas Jefferson himself on two separate occasions explaining as much:

“Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically enumerated; and that, as it was never meant they should provide for that welfare but by the exercise of the enumerated powers, so it could not have been meant they should raise money for purposes which the enumeration did not place under their action” - Thomas Jefferson (June 6, 1817)

“[We] disavow, and declare to be most false and unfounded, the doctrine that the [Constitution], in authorizing its federal branch to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, has given them thereby a power to do whatever they may think, or pretend, would promote the general welfare–which construction would make that of itself a complete government, without limitation of powers.… The plain sense and obvious meaning were that they might levy the taxes necessary to provide for the general welfare by the various acts of power therein specified and delegated to them, and by no others. – Thomas Jefferson (December 24, 1825)

I never cease to marvel at your ignorance about the U.S. Constitution and your own government. I included the exact dates of the quotes so you can research them for yourself too junior.

Nothing in those two quotes precludes SS or health care.
Try again.

Actually they do. How stupid do you feel right now? The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more. Since those powers don't include healthcare, retirement, feeding the people, etc. those items are completely unconstitutional.

I don't blame you though brother. I know you've been duped by liberals and trained to ignore reality in favor of ideology.

So how did Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory? Where in the Constitution is that found?

 

[P@triot]

The Constitution is what the Court say it is.
Justice Holmes.

Um...no....it's not. The Constitution is what the Constitution says it is. The Supreme Court has no power over the Constitution itself. Try reading the document just one time. You'll see that no where in the document does it grant the Supreme Court the power over the document itself. That's an incredibly stupid comment to make.

Think about it - why would a group of men get together in some pretty miserable conditions, fight like hell, and pound out a document, all agree to it, and then decide that none of it matters anyway as they are going to hand over ultimate power to another body of people? That's so stupid, it defies logic. The founders did not do that. The Supremacy Clause establishes the U.S. Constitution as the highest law in the land. The Supreme Court is empowered to decide whether laws passed by Congress (such as Obamacare) are constitutional. They cannot, however, decide that the 2nd Amendment means "x" or that it means "y". The Constitution says exactly what it says and the Supreme Court is not empowered to alter it or decide its meaning.

 

[P@triot]

The U.S. Constitution explicitly restricts the federal government to 18 enumerated powers. Providing retirement plans, food, or healthcare is not one of those powers. Therefore, they are all 100% illegal.

BULLSHIT!
It is in the very first enumerated power!

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States"

Hey stupid.....the "General Welfare" is in regards to their 18 enumerated powers. The founders didn't feel the necessity to write a 2,000 page document (like Obamacare) because back then liberalism didn't exist so people actually had integrity. They didn't want to name each and every item under the 18 enumerated powers. And since the federal government was already explicitly restricted to just those 18 enumerated powers, they granted them broad powers within each of those - hence the "general welfare". Perhaps you might want to educate yourself just a smidge before commenting and embarrassing yourself?

Here is none other than Thomas Jefferson himself on two separate occasions explaining as much:

“Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically enumerated; and that, as it was never meant they should provide for that welfare but by the exercise of the enumerated powers, so it could not have been meant they should raise money for purposes which the enumeration did not place under their action” - Thomas Jefferson (June 6, 1817)

“[We] disavow, and declare to be most false and unfounded, the doctrine that the [Constitution], in authorizing its federal branch to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, has given them thereby a power to do whatever they may think, or pretend, would promote the general welfare–which construction would make that of itself a complete government, without limitation of powers.… The plain sense and obvious meaning were that they might levy the taxes necessary to provide for the general welfare by the various acts of power therein specified and delegated to them, and by no others. – Thomas Jefferson (December 24, 1825)

I never cease to marvel at your ignorance about the U.S. Constitution and your own government. I included the exact dates of the quotes so you can research them for yourself too junior.

Nothing in those two quotes precludes SS or health care.
Try again.

Actually they do. How stupid do you feel right now? The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more. Since those powers don't include healthcare, retirement, feeding the people, etc. those items are completely unconstitutional.

I don't blame you though brother. I know you've been duped by liberals and trained to ignore reality in favor of ideology.

So how did Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory? Where in the Constitution is that found?

It's not. And Thomas Jefferson himself acknowledged as much. In fact, he drafted an entire amendment after the purchase to make it legal moving forward but Congress rejected it.

What is your point here? That because the federal government violated the law during the Thomas Jefferson administration that it is forever ok for the federal government to violate the law? That's literally as stupid as saying because Ted Bundy raped and murdered women, it is ok for anyone else to rape and murder women. The fact is - the illegal actions by one person (no matter who they are) does not make that action suddenly legal and sure as hell does not make it ok for other people to do it as well.

 

[regent]

The Constitution is what the Court say it is.
Justice Holmes.

Um...no....it's not. The Constitution is what the Constitution says it is. The Supreme Court has no power over the Constitution itself. Try reading the document just one time. You'll see that no where in the document does it grant the Supreme Court the power over the document itself. That's an incredibly stupid comment to make.

Think about it - why would a group of men get together in some pretty miserable conditions, fight like hell, and pound out a document, all agree to it, and then decide that none of it matters anyway as they are going to hand over ultimate power to another body of people? That's so stupid, it defies logic. The founders did not do that. The Supremacy Clause establishes the U.S. Constitution as the highest law in the land. The Supreme Court is empowered to decide whether laws passed by Congress (such as Obamacare) are constitutional. They cannot, however, decide that the 2nd Amendment means "x" or that it means "y". The Constitution says exactly what it says and the Supreme Court is not empowered to alter it or decide its meaning.

The Court took that power unto itself in Marbury, and the nation has now accepted the idea.

 

[P@triot]

The Constitution is what the Court say it is.
Justice Holmes.

Um...no....it's not. The Constitution is what the Constitution says it is. The Supreme Court has no power over the Constitution itself. Try reading the document just one time. You'll see that no where in the document does it grant the Supreme Court the power over the document itself. That's an incredibly stupid comment to make.

Think about it - why would a group of men get together in some pretty miserable conditions, fight like hell, and pound out a document, all agree to it, and then decide that none of it matters anyway as they are going to hand over ultimate power to another body of people? That's so stupid, it defies logic. The founders did not do that. The Supremacy Clause establishes the U.S. Constitution as the highest law in the land. The Supreme Court is empowered to decide whether laws passed by Congress (such as Obamacare) are constitutional. They cannot, however, decide that the 2nd Amendment means "x" or that it means "y". The Constitution says exactly what it says and the Supreme Court is not empowered to alter it or decide its meaning.

The Court took that power unto itself in Marbury, and the nation has now accepted the idea.

Be that as it may....it doesn't make it any more constitutional or right. Let me ask you something - if Ted Bundy's precedence (along with the Green River Killer, BTK, Dahmer, etc.) became "accepted by the public" - would you accept it? Or would you have the integrity to stand up and say "this is flat out wrong - I don't care how many people are ok with it because it is still against the law"? When something is illegal, it's illegal. If the American people really want to make it legal, all they have to do is amend the Constitution. There is a system for that - so why aren't liberals using it?

 

[Rshermr]

This should be a mandatory class for every liberal in America. There is not one thing here in the video that could even be remotely disputed. Not one.

Milton Friedman Part I: Economics 101

Your inherent fallacy is that you "shift the burden" by not being specific at all regarding what you are trying to assert.

You can't comprehend what is being "asserted" here? Basic English too confusing for you? Might I suggest asking an adult for help?

You're literally the only one who claims they didn't understand the premise of this thread. Which means you are either really stupid or you are really disingenuous and trying to run from facts which you are uncomfortable with but which you are incapable of disputing. Which is it, junior?

Like I said before, your fallacies including moving the goal posts and shifting the burden are insurmountable.

You have no credibility. The more fallacies the less credibility.

Eventually credibility goes completely away.

Like I said - ask an adult for help. This isn't subject matter for small children. Though I salute you for trying youngster.

(Haven't "moved" the goalposts once. You're just parroting what I proved rshermr was guilty of because you have no original thoughts of your own and are incapable of disputing what was stated).

You have proven nothing, just simply patted yourself on the back a lot. You are a troll. Your understanding of the constitution as it stands today is completely lacking.
Which, me child, is why you are unable to find a single impartial source to back up your drivel. Dipshit.

 

[Rshermr]

The Constitution is what the Court say it is.
Justice Holmes.

Um...no....it's not. The Constitution is what the Constitution says it is. The Supreme Court has no power over the Constitution itself. Try reading the document just one time. You'll see that no where in the document does it grant the Supreme Court the power over the document itself. That's an incredibly stupid comment to make.

Think about it - why would a group of men get together in some pretty miserable conditions, fight like hell, and pound out a document, all agree to it, and then decide that none of it matters anyway as they are going to hand over ultimate power to another body of people? That's so stupid, it defies logic. The founders did not do that. The Supremacy Clause establishes the U.S. Constitution as the highest law in the land. The Supreme Court is empowered to decide whether laws passed by Congress (such as Obamacare) are constitutional. They cannot, however, decide that the 2nd Amendment means "x" or that it means "y". The Constitution says exactly what it says and the Supreme Court is not empowered to alter it or decide its meaning.

The Court took that power unto itself in Marbury, and the nation has now accepted the idea.

Be that as it may....it doesn't make it any more constitutional or right. Let me ask you something - if Ted Bundy's precedence (along with the Green River Killer, BTK, Dahmer, etc.) became "accepted by the public" - would you accept it? Or would you have the integrity to stand up and say "this is flat out wrong - I don't care how many people are ok with it because it is still against the law"? When something is illegal, it's illegal. If the American people really want to make it legal, all they have to do is amend the Constitution. There is a system for that - so why aren't liberals using it?

Because, dipshit, the fact is that amending the constitution is very difficult, and quite disruptive. And, because the concept of Implied Powers has been well proven effective, and the people of the country approve of it. Only nut cases like yourself have a problem with Implied Powers. Because, me boy, you are stupid.

 

[P@triot]

Because, dipshit, the fact is that amending the constitution is very difficult

Well there is some "logic"! Because you can't get the votes to achieve what you want you'll just break the law.

 

[P@triot]

And, because the concept of Implied Powers has been well proven effective, and the people of the country approve of it. Only nut cases like yourself have a problem with Implied Powers. Because, me boy, you are stupid.

Says the idiot who can't speak proper English...

By the way - there is no such thing as "implied powers" and there never was. It's more of your irrational liberals absurdity. Would you agree with the "implied powers" that allows me to punch you in your stupid face and then shoot you in the head? No?!? Why not? Hypocrite.... I guess powers are only "implied" when they "imply" something you want. Idiot.

 

[edthecynic]

The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more.

BULLSHIT!
Several amendments to the Constitution have granted Congress additional powers.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution is widely cited as being an exhaustive list of Congressional power. But, in reality, there are a total of thirty (up to 35, depending on how they’re counted) Congressional powers that are listed throughout the document.

• 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
• To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
• To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
• To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
• To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
• To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
• To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
• To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
• To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
• To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
• To provide and maintain a Navy;
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
• To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
• To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
• To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
• No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws:and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
• The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
• In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
• The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
• The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
• The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
• Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
• New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
• The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
• The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
• The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment…
  The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
• The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

 

[P@triot]

The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more.

BULLSHIT!
Several amendments to the Constitution have granted Congress additional powers.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution is widely cited as being an exhaustive list of Congressional power. But, in reality, there are a total of thirty (up to 35, depending on how they’re counted) Congressional powers that are listed throughout the document.

• 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
• To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
• To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
• To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
• To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
• To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
• To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
• To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
• To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
• To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
• To provide and maintain a Navy;
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
• To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
• To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
• To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
• No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws:and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
• The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
• In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
• The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
• The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
• The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
• Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
• New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
• The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
• The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
• The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment…
  The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
• The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

You've combined Sections which outlines the structure of government with Article 1, Section 8 which are the enumerated powers.

Tell me - genius - how the heck is this (your very last bullet point) a "power" or "responsibility"?!? It's simply outlining the structure of government and how it will function.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Please Eddy, for the sake of your reputation, stop talking about the U.S. Constitution. Your embarrassing yourself. You don't know the document at all. You're just Googling and then cutting and pasting without reading or understanding what you're doing.

 

[edthecynic]

The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more.

BULLSHIT!
Several amendments to the Constitution have granted Congress additional powers.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution is widely cited as being an exhaustive list of Congressional power. But, in reality, there are a total of thirty (up to 35, depending on how they’re counted) Congressional powers that are listed throughout the document.

• 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
• To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
• To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
• To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
• To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
• To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
• To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
• To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
• To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
• To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
• To provide and maintain a Navy;
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
• To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
• To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
• To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
• No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws:and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
• The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
• In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
• The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
• The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
• The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
• Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
• New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
• The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
• The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
• The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment…
  The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
• The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

You've combined Sections which outlines the structure of government with Article 1, Section 8 which are the enumerated powers.

Tell me - genius - how the heck is this (your very last bullet point) a "power" or "responsibility"?!? It's simply outlining the structure of government and how it will function.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Please Eddy, for the sake of your reputation, stop talking about the U.S. Constitution. Your embarrassing yourself. You don't know the document at all. You're just Googling and then cutting and pasting without reading or understanding what you're doing.

Learn to read! How is the highlighted part you cited NOT an enumerated power?

 

[P@triot]

The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more.

BULLSHIT!
Several amendments to the Constitution have granted Congress additional powers.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution is widely cited as being an exhaustive list of Congressional power. But, in reality, there are a total of thirty (up to 35, depending on how they’re counted) Congressional powers that are listed throughout the document.

• 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
• To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
• To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
• To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
• To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
• To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
• To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
• To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
• To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
• To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
• To provide and maintain a Navy;
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
• To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
• To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
• To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
• No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws:and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
• The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
• In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
• The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
• The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
• The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
• Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
• New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
• The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
• The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
• The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment…
  The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
• The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

You've combined Sections which outlines the structure of government with Article 1, Section 8 which are the enumerated powers.

Tell me - genius - how the heck is this (your very last bullet point) a "power" or "responsibility"?!? It's simply outlining the structure of government and how it will function.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Please Eddy, for the sake of your reputation, stop talking about the U.S. Constitution. Your embarrassing yourself. You don't know the document at all. You're just Googling and then cutting and pasting without reading or understanding what you're doing.

Learn to read! How is the highlighted part you cited NOT an enumerated power?

Because it is explicitly stating the structure of government and how it will function.

Please Eddy, for the sake of your reputation, stop talking about the U.S. Constitution. Your embarrassing yourself. You don't know the document at all. You're just Googling and then cutting and pasting without reading or understanding what you're doing.

 

[edthecynic]

The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more.

BULLSHIT!
Several amendments to the Constitution have granted Congress additional powers.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution is widely cited as being an exhaustive list of Congressional power. But, in reality, there are a total of thirty (up to 35, depending on how they’re counted) Congressional powers that are listed throughout the document.

• 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
• To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
• To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
• To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
• To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
• To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
• To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
• To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
• To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
• To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
• To provide and maintain a Navy;
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
• To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
• To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
• To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
• No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws:and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
• The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
• In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
• The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
• The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
• The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
• Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
• New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
• The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
• The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
• The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment…
  The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
• The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

You've combined Sections which outlines the structure of government with Article 1, Section 8 which are the enumerated powers.

Tell me - genius - how the heck is this (your very last bullet point) a "power" or "responsibility"?!? It's simply outlining the structure of government and how it will function.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Please Eddy, for the sake of your reputation, stop talking about the U.S. Constitution. Your embarrassing yourself. You don't know the document at all. You're just Googling and then cutting and pasting without reading or understanding what you're doing.

Learn to read! How is the highlighted part you cited NOT an enumerated power?

Because it is explicitly stating the structure of government and how it will function.

Please Eddy, for the sake of your reputation, stop talking about the U.S. Constitution. Your embarrassing yourself. You don't know the document at all. You're just Googling and then cutting and pasting without reading or understanding what you're doing.

You just don't understand the language, it clearly grants Congress the enumerated power to make a law.

"Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations"

 

[Rshermr]

The federal governments powers are explicitly restricted to the 18 enumerated powers and nothing more.

BULLSHIT!
Several amendments to the Constitution have granted Congress additional powers.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution is widely cited as being an exhaustive list of Congressional power. But, in reality, there are a total of thirty (up to 35, depending on how they’re counted) Congressional powers that are listed throughout the document.

• 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
• To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
• To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
• To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
• To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
• To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
• To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
• To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
• To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
• To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
• To provide and maintain a Navy;
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
• To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
• To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
• To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
• No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws:and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
• The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
• In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
• The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
• The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
• The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
• Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
• New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
• The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
• The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
• The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment…
  The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
• The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

You've combined Sections which outlines the structure of government with Article 1, Section 8 which are the enumerated powers.

Tell me - genius - how the heck is this (your very last bullet point) a "power" or "responsibility"?!? It's simply outlining the structure of government and how it will function.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Please Eddy, for the sake of your reputation, stop talking about the U.S. Constitution. Your embarrassing yourself. You don't know the document at all. You're just Googling and then cutting and pasting without reading or understanding what you're doing.

Patriot, you are now a well known tea party joke. Your understanding of the constitution is simply what you want to believe. What is true is a different thing. And, believing that you can pick and choose those parts of the subject that fit in your little mind is simply more proof of how petty, and ignorant, you are. Really, except for you, no one much takes you seriously. But I do. I think you are a joke.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The Court took that power unto itself in Marbury, and the nation has now accepted the idea.

you mean the libsocialists have accepted it because they don't have the IQ to understand freedom from govt. This is why they spied for Stalin( when he was slowly starving 60 million to death) , gave him the bomb, and now vote for the open Commies, Sanders/Clinton