...ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the confederation — and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate...incompetent: or in which the harmony of the United States mav be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation. to negative all laws passed by the several...

...Leg? ought to be empowered to enjoy the Legislative right vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to Legislate in all cases to which the separate...States are incompetent; or in which the harmony of the US may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation — to negative all laws passed by...

...read as follows, namely "and moreover to legislate in all cases for the general inasd !) separately incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of indiw vidual legislation | which passed in the affirmative C3 On the question to agree to the following...

...of economic conduct. Madison's original proposal would have given the national legislature the power to "negative all laws passed by the several States...opinion of the National Legislature the articles of the Union."180 Specific prohibitions, such as that on impairment of contracts, were inadequate: "Evasions...

...to numbers of financial contribution, and a national executive and judiciary. The new Congress was "to legislate in all cases to which the separate states...interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation"; it was also to have the power to veto state laws, and to call forth the force of the Union against...

...which required unanimous ratification by the state legislatures, would have been adopted. was also "to legislate in all cases to which the separate states...interrupted by the exercise of individual Legislation." Finally, the national legislature could "negative all laws passed by the several States, contravening...

...and most powerful states, as reported by the Committee of the Whole, would have permitted Congress "To negative all laws passed by the several States contravening in the opinion of the Nat: Legislature the articles of Union" (Madison, 1927, p. 390). Although Madison supported the national...

...is instructive. It would have defined rather than enumerated the power of the National Legislature: "to legislate in all cases to which the separate States...States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual Legislation."19 Although the Convention at first approved such an approach, the Committee of Detail...

...enumerated powers should be construed in light of Randolph's initial proposal to authorize Congress "to legislate in all cases to which the separate States...or in which the harmony of the United States may be interropted by the exercise of individual Legislation." Id. at 257-58 1oral argument of Mr. Dickensonl....

...national judiciary including both supreme and inferior courts. The national legislature would have power to legislate "in all cases to which the separate States are incompetent" or where uniformity was needed and could veto state laws it believed contrary to the new constitution....