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EXCLUSIVELY │ CONCURRENT │ PROHIBITIONS │ PROHIBITIONS │ EXCLUSIVELY
NATIONAL │ POWERS │ UPON THE │ UPON THE │ STATE POWERS
POWERS │ │ NATION │ STATES │
──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────
To conduct │To tax. │To abridge │To keep troops│To make and
foreign af- │ │ freedom of │ or ships of │ enforce the
fairs. │To borrow │ worship or │ war in time │ ordinary
│ money. │ of the press │ of peace. │ civil and
To raise and │ │ or of assemb-│ │ criminal
support ar- │To promote │ ly or of pet-│To entry into │ laws.
mies. │ education. │ ition. │ any treaty. │
│ │ │ │To establish
To maintain a │To encourage │To deny any │To coin money │ and control
Navy. │ agriculture. │ of the other │ or issue │ local govern-
│ │ privileges │ bills of │ ment.
To regulate │To charter │ enumerated │ credit. │
foreign and │ banks and │ in the Bill │ │To conduct
interstate │ other corpor-│ of Rights │To pass any │ elections.
commerce. │ ations. │ (see Amend- │ law impair- │
│ │ ments I-X). │ ing the law │To regulate
To coin │To enforce the│ │ of contracts.│ commerce
money. │ Eighteenth │To permit │ │ and industry
│ Amendment. │ slavery in │To lay any │ within the
To establish │ │ any territory│ tax or duties│ state.
a postal │To establish │ within the │ on imports. │
service. │ and maintain │ national jur-│ │To protect the
│ courts. │ isdiction. │To abridge │ life, health,
To grant pat- │ │ │ the privi- │ and morals of
ents and │ │To abridge │ leges or im- │ the people
copyrights. │ │ the suffrage │ munities of │ (the “police
│ │ of citizens │ citizens of │ power”).
To admit new │ │ on account │ the United │
states. │ │ of sex. │ States, or │
│ │ │ deprive them │
│ │To give │ of life, lib-│
│ │ prefer- │ │
│ │ ence to one │ erty, or pro-│
│ │ state over │ perty without│
│ │ another in │ due process │
│ │ matters of │ of law or de-│
│ │ commerce. │ ny to persons│
│ │ │ within their │
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