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Congress has the complete and plenary power to tax whatever is taxable and the power to tax is the power to destroy. It is arguable that Congress could have taxed slavery into oblivion and perhaps civil war could have been avoided. Look at the heavy and progressive taxation on cigarettes and how that has encouraged many a smoker to simply quit smoking. Of course, sadly, I am a smoker and find noting simple about quitting smoking, so unfortunately pay these heavy taxes just to sustain an addiction. So, perhaps taxing slavery into oblivion would not have worked. The real point is that Congress couldn't ban slavery in the Constitution until Congress existed and at the time the Constitution was being forged there wasn't yet a Congress, (not under the Federalist system created), to ban slavery. Once congress could ban the slave trade, Congress eventually did with the Thirteenth Amendment.

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What can the states do only with the consent of congress?

With the consent of Congress, states can do many things. They can enter a treaty, engage in war, and have duties on imports.


Which is a limit the constitution places on the commerce power?

all of the following are explicit limitations placed placed by the constitution on the use of commerce power... - Taxation of exports. - Prohibition of favoring one state's ports over another. - Prohibition of requiring vessels from one state to pay duties in another state. -Could not do anything to limit the slave trade for 20 years, until 1808


How did the Constitutional Convention deal with slave trade?

The Constitutional Convention left the slave trade untaxed and untouched. Delegates from the southern States were naturally wary about the prospect of Congress being able to regulate America's interstate and foreign trade. They were afraid that the North would use its influence in Congress to levy taxes on the slave trade and the cotton trade. The delegates from the South pushed for, and won, a compromise on the matter: the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise. This agreement made it so Congress could regulate interstate and foreign trade, but could not tax exports. This meant that cotton exports from the South would not be affected. In addition, Congress was forbidden from regulating the slave trade for 20 years.


What could congress do and not do under this plan?

what could the congress do under the government body


The articles of confederation left congress unable to?

The congress of the confederation could not tax. The could request tax, but they had no authority. The government went into debt.

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