State Limits

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This paper provides a discussion concerning how Article I, Section 10, "Limitations on States," became a part of the Constitution and what it sought to accomplish. The paper examines how this constitutional provision has changed over the years. The paper explains that Article I, Section 10 determines that matters concerned with war, treaty-making, the coinage of money and comparable issues concerning currency are prohibited to the states. Article I, Section 10 also prohibits both the states and Congress from passing bills of attainder and ex post facto laws, or granting titles of nobility.

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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Today, most discussions of constitutional law concern the better known civil liberties embodied in the first ten amendments in the Bill of Rights, but Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution contains some vitally important implications for civil liberties as well. In fact, absent this and other constitutional provisions, the United States might well have a king (or queen) today, but would not be able to defend itself based on a paucity of federal power to do so."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hartnett, E. (1998). A 'uniform and entire' Constitution; or, what if Madison had won? Constitutional Commentary, 15(2), 251-99.
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• Trenholme, L. I. (1932). The ratification of the federal constitution in North Carolina. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Vile, J. R. (1997). A companion to the United States Constitution and its amendments. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

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