Article 1, Section 9: Powers Denied Congress
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time."
The loss of this paragraph effectively disbands congressional appropriations committees, allowing Congress to draw money directly from the Treasury without saying what they're using it for or providing a written account of their spending.
For instance, any individual MAGA Congressperson could just withdraw $100b dollars from the US Treasury and spend it on funding a secret police in their state and building secret concentration camps in their state and there would be no paper trail of their actions whatsoever.
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Article 1, Section 9: Powers Denied Congress
"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
Without this paragraph, MAGA Congress can now declare Donald Trump king of America, and foreign dignitaries can now legally shower him in billions of dollars of gifts and bribes.
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@Lana@beige.party What's on congress.gov is a printout, a representation, not THE Constitution.
Some a**hole just removed it from the public eye ON THAT WEBSITE.
On constitutioncenter.org and a number of other websites, you can still read the Constitution in its entirety.
Article I, section 8, was also removed from Congress' website; that talks about tariffs.
Article 1, Section 10: Limits the powers of states
Clause 1 Proscribed Powers
"No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility."
Without this paragraph, southern states can now enter into alliances with foreign nations all on their own, or even create alliances amongst themselves. The deletion of this paragraph removes legal roadblocks which made the Civil War era Confederacy an illegal and illegitimate government.
Individual states may now print their own currency (including, now, Bitcoin), imprison people without a trial, pass laws that have retroactive legal consequences, and set up individual monarchies.
For instance, Donald Trump could declare himself Emperor of the United States, and Greg Abbott could declare himself King of Texas. King Abbott could then declare all abortions in Texas to be retroactively illegal and start rounding up women accused of having an abortion and imprisoning them in secret concentration camps without a trial.
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Article 1, Section 10: Limits the powers of states
Clause 2 Import-Export
"No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress."
Without this paragraph, individual MAGA states can now impose their own tariffs on goods imported from or exported to other states. And the money collected from such tariffs can now be used directly by state governments and do not have to be sent directly to the federal Treasury.
For example, Texas could declare all imports from California are subject to a 500% import tariff, or that all Texas goods exported to New York are subject to a 500% export tariff. And the money collected by those tariffs can be used by Texas itself for any reason.
10/π§΅
Article 1, Section 10: Limits the powers of states
Clause 2 Import-Export
"No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress."
Without this paragraph, individual MAGA states can now impose their own tariffs on goods imported from or exported to other states. And the money collected from such tariffs can now be used directly by state governments and do not have to be sent directly to the federal Treasury.
For example, Texas could declare all imports from California are subject to a 500% import tariff, or that all Texas goods exported to New York are subject to a 500% export tariff. And the money collected by those tariffs can be used by Texas itself for any reason.
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Article 1, Section 10: Limits the powers of states
Clause 3 Acts Requiring Consent of Congress
"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
Without this paragraph, individual states can now declare war on foreign governments, or on other states. This literally recreates the civil war era Confederacy.
11/π§΅
Article 1, Section 10: Limits the powers of states
Clause 3 Acts Requiring Consent of Congress
"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
Without this paragraph, individual states can now declare war on foreign governments, or on other states. This literally recreates the civil war era Confederacy.
11/π§΅
πΏπΆππΆ "not yet begun to fight"