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> Congress absolutely does how the power to charge money outside of federal territories Of course it does. It has no power to regulate rents outside of federa
by eadmund 2y ago
> Congress absolutely does how the power to charge money outside of federal territories
Of course it does. It has no power to regulate rents outside of federal territories, which is what I wrote. It cannot pass national rent control, for example.
> Section 7 lets them write laws as well as Section 8
Section 7 describes how bills are passed; Section 8 describes what those bills may do. Congress has no Constitutional power to require that every home in the United States have yellow shutters. I feel like this should be uncontroversial! I’m genuinely surprised anyone thinks otherwise.
- yakz 2y ago“While, therefore, the power to tax is not unlimited, its confines are set in the clause which confers it, and not in those of section 8 which bestow and define the legislative powers of the Congress. It results that the power of Congress to authorize expenditure of public moneys for public purposes is not limited by the direct grants of legislative power found in the Constitution.“ https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep297/usrep297001/usrep297001.pdf https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep...
- lazide 2y agoOh boy, wait until you read [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn], where the Supreme Court ruled that growing food for your own use, on your own land falls within the boundaries of the interstate commerce clause, and hence can be regulated by the Federal gov’t.