(See, once upon a time the powers delegated to the federal government were few and defined…But, alas, that was back when we had a Constitution.)
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce: with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected.
–Publius (James Madison)
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