Micky G. Jagger
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Implied Powers In The Constitution
The constitutionality of the measure [bill which established the subscribers of the bank into a corporation] he urged from a fair construction of those powers, expressly delegated, and from a necessary implication; for he insisted that the Constitution was a dead letter, if implied powers were not to be exercised.
--U. S. Representative John Vining of Delaware; 1791
--U. S. Representative John Vining of Delaware; 1791