Legal Opinion
United States v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1993No. 92-5641PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
The United States Constitution establishes a national government of limited and enumerated powers. As James Madison put it in The Federalist Papers, “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” The Federalist No. 45, at 292 (C. Rossiter ed. 1961). Madison’s understanding was confirmed by the Tenth Amendment. It is easy to lose sight of all this in a day when Congress appropriates trillion-dollar budgets and regulates myriad aspects of…
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3Cited by115 opinions
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