One way to limit the power of the new Congress under the Constitution was to be specific about what it could do. These enumerated, or listed, powers were contained in Article I, Section 8—the ...

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. During the much-publicized Senate hearings on his nomination to ...

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. The Constitution was intended to give the national ...

Differences about the size and role of the federal government created a lot of conflict over the Constitution. The anti-Federalists insisted on enumerated protections (the Bill of Rights ...

Trump’s expression of doubt about the binding nature of the Constitution, and his duty to uphold it, cannot be dismissed by ...