Article 1 Section 10

1. Tim Hulings Justin Yohe Brett Pais Article 1 Section 10

2. Article 1 Section 10 • Article 1- Legislative Branch • Section 10 - Powers denied to the states. • Unconditional Prohibitions • Powers Conditionally Denied • Other Denied Powers

3. Purpose of the Article • The purpose of Article 1 Section 10 was to strengthen the Union by: • Limiting the powers of states • i.e. Cannot make own treaties, cannot make money, • Congress has the power to overrule states decision. • Tax imports or exports • States may not keep personal armies during peace times.

4. Contract Clause -Introduced by Rufus King -Constitutional instrument for the protection of private property in the nineteenth century -Primary link between law and economic growth and a basic source of national authority over the states.

5. Federalist Viewpoint • James Madison declared that the Obligation of Contract Clause was essential to “banish speculations on public measures, inspire a general prudence and industry, and give a regular course to the business of society.”

6. Anti-Federalist Viewpoint • The twin protections found in Article I, Section 10, prohibited the state from issuing paper money and from regulating economic affairs. • Anti-Federalists feared that the two clauses operating in tandem would prevent the states from assisting the debtor classes.

7. Cont’d • Gave to much power to states to make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. • Feared that the two clauses operating in tandem would prevent the states from assisting the debtor classes.