Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution

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provision of the United States Constitution section of a constitution

Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution is the provision that sets key limits on the powers of Congress, including restrictions on taxation, spending, and certain federal authorities.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution canonical	8
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution	2
Article I Section 9 Appropriations Clause	1
Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution	1
Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution	1
Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ section of a constitution ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Congress ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1789 ⓘ
containsClause	Appropriations Clause ⓘ Direct Tax Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Direct Tax Clause Import-Export Clause ⓘ surface form: Export Tax Clause Emoluments Clause ⓘ surface form: Foreign Emoluments Clause Port Preference Clause ⓘ Slave Trade Clause ⓘ Statement and Account Clause ⓘ Suspension Clause ⓘ Title of Nobility Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateRatified	1788 ⓘ
draftedAt	Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
hasPurpose	to constrain federal fiscal powers ⓘ to prevent corruption and foreign influence in federal offices ⓘ to protect individual liberties from federal legislative overreach ⓘ
imposesLimitOn	acceptance of presents or emoluments from foreign states by federal officeholders ⓘ power of Congress to draw money from the Treasury without appropriations ⓘ power of Congress to give preference to ports of one state over another ⓘ power of Congress to lay direct taxes ⓘ power of Congress to pass bills of attainder ⓘ power of Congress to pass ex post facto laws ⓘ power of Congress to suspend habeas corpus ⓘ power of Congress to tax exports from any state ⓘ power of the United States to grant titles of nobility ⓘ
legalSubject	appropriations ⓘ bills of attainder ⓘ capitation taxes ⓘ direct taxes ⓘ emoluments ⓘ ex post facto laws ⓘ export taxes ⓘ habeas corpus ⓘ limits on legislative power ⓘ port preferences ⓘ restrictions on federal authority ⓘ slave trade ⓘ spending ⓘ taxation ⓘ titles of nobility ⓘ
legalSystem	common law tradition of the United States ⓘ
locationJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
textLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Commerce Compromise → codifiedIn → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Hylton v. United States → appliedProvision → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Emoluments Clause → locatedInDocument → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution

U.S. Constitution in Treasury activities → basedOn → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I Section 9 Appropriations Clause

Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

opinion in Rasul v. Bush → constitutionalContext → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Slave Trade Clause → isContainedIn → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Boumediene v. Bush

this entity surface form: Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution

Direct Tax Clause of the United States Constitution → foundInSection → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Ex parte Merryman → constitutionalProvision → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution

Title of Nobility Clause → foundIn → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution

Ex Post Facto Clause → foundIn → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. → appliedConstitutionalProvision → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Income Tax Amendment → constitutionalArticleAffected → Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ