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--- Joseph Story was a Massachusetts legislator and attorney before being confirmed as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court, where he served for 34 years. |
"Another not unimportant consideration is, that the powers of the general government will be, and indeed must be, principally employed upon external objects, such as war, peace, negotiations with foreign powers, and foreign commerce. In its internal operations it can touch but few objects, except to introduce regulations beneficial to the commerce, intercourse, and other relations, between the states, and to lay taxes for the common good. The powers of the states, on the other hand, extend to all objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, and liberties, and property of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state." (Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833)More Information
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Timeless Principles
James Madison "What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?" --- James Madison was the primary author of the Constitution and the fourth President of the United States. He was also a contributor to the Federalist Papers and a member of Congress from Virginia. READ MORE |
