But however this may be, the only safe rule for us in interpreting the powers granted to the Federal Government is to regard the absence of express authority to touch a subject so important and delicate as this as equivalent to a prohibition.
Jackson asserts that the absence of explicit authority in the Constitution should be interpreted as a prohibition against certain actions by the Federal Government.
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