What are the restrictions on the powers of federal government?

Answer 1

I am sorry, but you have that just backwards. The way the federal constitution was set up, the states were given ALL the power except a few things that they wrote down for the federal government, like creating a standing army to defend the states, controlling commerce among the states, not making any laws with regard to the practice of religion. The current federal government is and has been, since Franklin Roosevelt, nearly completely unconstitutional.

Under the current president, the members of the federal government now state that they can do anything they want. Too bad for us, as that is the road to a Dictatorship.

Answer 2

Restrictions of the powers of the national Government:

(1) No exercise of powers not delegated to it by the Constitution.

(2) No payment from the Treasury except under appropriations made by law.

(3) Excises and duties must be uniform throughout the United States.

(4) Shall pass no tax or duty on articles exported from any state.[5]

(5) No appointment of a senator or representative to any civil office which was created while he was a member of Congress or for which the amount of compensation was increased during that period.

(6) No preferences to the ports of one state over another in regulation or tax collection.

(7) No titles of nobility shall be granted by the U.S. government, or permitted to be granted to government officials by foreign states.

(8) May not protect a State against domestic violence without the request of its legislature, unless it cannot be convened, in which case, without the consent of its executive.

(9) U.S. courts do not have jurisdiction over suits against a state by citizens of another state or foreign country.