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The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
Even so, the constraint placed upon Congress's taxation power remained, as the restriction was reiterated in Article 1 Section 9 Clause 4. The amount of direct taxes that could be collected by the federal government from the people in any State would still be tied directly to that state's share of the national population.
Excerpt from Article One, Section 9 of the United States Constitution, prohibiting the passing of bills of attainder. The United States Constitution forbids legislative bills of attainder: in federal law under Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 ("No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed"), and in state law under Article I, Section 10.
Further, in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 1, Congress is prohibited from preventing the importation of people until 1808. Under President Thomas Jefferson, the Congress did just that at the first ...
The Foreign Emoluments Clause is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, [1] that prohibits the federal government from granting titles of nobility, and restricts members of the federal government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states and monarchies without the consent of the United States Congress.
The U.S. Constitution mostly leaves presidential elections to the states, though Congress may decide when electors are chosen and when they must vote (Article 2, Section 1). After the tension of ...
The Taxing and Spending Clause [1] (which contains provisions known as the General Welfare Clause [2] and the Uniformity Clause [3]), Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, grants the federal government of the United States its power of taxation. While authorizing Congress to levy taxes, this clause permits the ...
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred Trump from the state's ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then ...