Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18


[Volume 3, Page 244]

Document 8

John Lansing, Proposed Amendment, New York Ratifying Convention

2 July 1788Elliot 2:406

Respecting the power to make all laws necessary for the carrying the Constitution into execution,--

"Provided, That no power shall be exercised by Congress, but such as is expressly given by this Constitution; and all others, not expressly given, shall be reserved to the respective states, to be by them exercised."

Moved by Mr. Lansing.


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Elliot, Jonathan, ed. The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. . . . 5 vols. 2d ed. 1888. Reprint. New York: Burt Franklin, n.d.