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 ...

The second was to reaffirm the nature of the federal system. Because the Constitution created a government of limited and enumerated powers, the Framers initially believed that a bill of rights ...

America ratified the Constitution with the understanding that the federal government would be one of limited, enumerated powers. That understanding was quickly upended. Within a few decades ...

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 ...

It is contained in the Constitution, which says the following ... according to their respective Numbers . . . The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting ...