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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.
 
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.
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Each of the grants of power to Congress under Article I is identified by a separate name, such as the "War Powers Clause" and the "Coinage Clause."  Every federal law that is in effect today -- and there are probably hundreds of thousands of them -- is based on one or more of the grants of power to Congress in Article I.  There are so many federal laws which has been enacted since 1789 that the Library of Congress says it is impossible to count them all:<ref>http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/03/frequent-reference-question-how-many-federal-laws-are-there/</ref>
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{{cquote|At the reference desk, we are frequently asked to estimate the number of federal laws in force. However, trying to tally this number is nearly impossible.}}
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Here are some of the most important ones:
    
=== Commerce Clause ===
 
=== Commerce Clause ===
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