United States v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1993-11-10

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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 Feder…

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