Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
The main chamber of the Constitutional Convention, consisting of all delegates.
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Article I: Sections 3 to 10. Powers and restrictions of Congress debated. Limitations to State power debated.
[Constitution Reported from the Committee of Style and Arrangement as Amended by the Convention]
WE, the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Sect. 8. The Congress shall have power
To borrow money on the credit of the United States.
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
To establish post offices and post roads.
To constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court.
To provide and maintain a navy.
To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed.
No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.