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The Constitution of the United States of America
Article I, Section 10
Introduction:
Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution outlines specific limitations on the powers of the states. It prohibits states from entering into treaties, alliances, or confederations, coining money, or imposing duties on imports or exports without the consent of Congress. Additionally, it restricts states from keeping troops or ships of war in peacetime and from engaging in war unless actually invaded or in imminent danger. This section is designed to maintain a balance of power between the federal government and the states, ensuring that states do not undermine national unity or interfere with federal authority.
Actual Text:
“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. 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 it's 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 Controul of the 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. ”
