Congress is expressly prohibited from enacting legislation in other areas. leaving this authority to the States per the tenth amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution ... are reserved to the States respectively. or to the people. Every law enacted by Congress must be based on one of the powers enumerated in the Constitution. The Framers of the Constitution gave Congress broad power to regulate immigration. national security and economic activity between the states. and left most other power with the States. However. section VIII of article 1 states that "the Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce . . . among the several states". This is the commerce clause and it is the most powerful provision in the Constitution providing Congress the authority to enact legislation in a host of areasincluding environmental protection.
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