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Limits on Federal Authority

Limits on Federal Authority
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The previous essay explained that the Constitution is fundamentally a document granting enumerated (listed) powers. Like all such documents, the powers it grants are limited.

These limits are one of the Constitution’s most important features. And they have been targets of a hostile propaganda campaign for many decades.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson is a former constitutional law professor and senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver. He is the author of “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (4th ed. publication pending). He also is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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