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Its very enumeration of the powers of Congress is but a means of indicating very plainly what Congress can not do.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Its very enumeration of the powers of Congress is but a means of indicating very plainly what Congress can not do.”
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He explains that the enumeration of Congressional powers serves to clarify what Congress is prohibited from doing.
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