Note 98 — Chapter XII · STATE GOVERNMENT IN OUTLINE

These four propositions may perhaps be made more understandable by the accompanying table, which does not purport to be a complete enumeration but only an illustration of the way in which the propositions work out.

Exclusively National Powers Concurrent Powers Prohibitions upon the Nation Prohibitions upon the States Exclusively State Powers

To conduct To tax. To abridge To keep troops To make and

foreign af- freedom of or ships of enforce the

fairs. To borrow worship or war in time ordinary

money. of the press of peace. civil and

To raise and or of assemb- criminal

support ar- To promote ly or of pet- To entry into laws.

mies. education. ition. any treaty.

To establish

To maintain a To encourage To deny any To coin money and control

Navy. agriculture. of the other or issue local govern-

privileges bills of ment.

To regulate To charter enumerated credit.

foreign and banks and in the Bill To conduct

interstate other corpor- of Rights To pass any elections.

commerce. ations. (see Amend- law impair-

ments I-X). ing the law To regulate

To coin To enforce the of contracts. commerce

money. Eighteenth To permit and industry

Amendment. slavery in To lay any within the

To establish any territory tax or duties state.

a postal To establish within the on imports.

service. and maintain national jur- To protect the

courts. isdiction. To abridge life, health,

To grant pat- the privi- and morals of

ents and To abridge leges or im- the people

copyrights. the suffrage munities of (the “police

of citizens citizens of power”).

To admit new on account the United

states. of sex. States, or

deprive them

To give prefer- of life, lib-

ence to one erty, or pro-

state over perty without

another in due process

matters of of law or de-

commerce. ny to persons

within their

jurisdiction

the equal

protection of

the laws.

To abridge the

voting rights

of citizens on

account of

race, color,

previous

condition of

servitude, or

sex.

To pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto law. To grant letters of nobility. To levy duties on exports.