Speech #770168002

Take section 8 of article I of the Constitution in which the powers are conferred upon the Congress of the United States: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxesIs that not perfectly clear? to regulate commerceThere is the power to regulate. No such word as thoat is used in connection with the provision that each House shall be the judge of the qualifications. The Constitution does not declare that each House may regulate the qualifications of its Members. to establish a uniform rule of naturalizationMark the wor.d "establish." There is a grant of substantive power. to provide for the punishment of counterfeitingTo "provide." The Constitution does not say that each House may "provide" the qualifications of its Members. which word it couid readily have used as it did when it granted authority in the Congress of the United Etates to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. To "constitute." That is a clear word. and it is different from the word "judge." To define and punish piracies and felonies.