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== Article I ==
 
== Article I ==
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Article I is the first and most important Article in the Constitution, because it establishes and limits the legislative power of the national (federal) government.
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Article I is the first and most important Article in the Constitution, because it establishes '''''and limits''''' the legislative power of the national (federal) government.  The "and limits" is often forgotten by the public.  The federal government is a government of only limited powers.  It can do only what it is allowed to do under its enumerated powers in the Constitution.
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Congress cannot pass a law unless the law is authorized by one of the clauses in Article I of the Constitution.  For example, Congress cannot establish a local federal police force in anyone's town.  Congress does not have that power under the Constitution.
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When Congress occasionally passes a law outside of its powers under Article I, then the Supreme Court usually declares the law to be invalid and unenforceable.
    
=== Commerce Clause ===
 
=== Commerce Clause ===
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