FW: Articles of Confederation

[Calvin Johnson]

    The BIG points about the A/C in order of importance are:  

 
 1.    "League of Friendship" established by ambassadors signing on
behalf of the States, as contrasted with "We, the People" in the C.
No term for Delegates, so  delegates held  service at will of the state
legislature.  
 
 2.   No tax power-- revenue by requisitions only.  No court, except for
prizes and arbitration of borders.  
 
 3.   Articl II, limitation of Congress to expressly delegated powers,
as constrasted with no such limit in section 8.   This was the biggest
issue on the A/C in the ratification debate.   
 
 4.    Prohibition on a state's imposing tax or regulations on out of
state Americans that it was not willing to impose on its own people.
The myth is that Articles had allowed lots of interstate tolls .  Contra
myth, the  C wasnt required to establish common market.  

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I'm curious if anyone has the students read the Articles of
Confederation in basic Con Law, before they read the Constitution, and,
if so, what points arise in class. 
 
David E. Bernstein
Visiting Professor
University of Michigan School of Law
Professor
George Mason University School of Law
http://mason.gmu.edu/~dbernste
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