"I consider the foundation of the Constitution
as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by
the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the
states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus
specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a
boundless field of power, not longer susceptible of any definition."
Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on the Constitutionality
of a National Bank, 17
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