The Enumerated Powers Act: HR450

U.S. Constitution, Amendment IX:

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

U.S. Constitution, Amendment X:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, not prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Representative John Shadegg has introduced Act HR450, the "Enumerated Powers Act" every year since 1994. Act HR450 reads as follows:

Each Act of Congress shall contain a concise and definite statement of the Constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act.

This proposed Act would require that every Bill be authorized under the 9th and 10th Amendments. Is it any wonder that Congress kills this bill in committee each and every year? Congress knows that it is out of bounds, usurping powers not delegated to it. The dishonesty is blatant.

If this were to be made retroactive, most of the legislation of the past 100 years would be scrapped, including much of the executive branch bureaucracy such as education, financial and economic oversight, environmental, taxation, in fact all governmental activity not related to either defense or foreign relations.

But the federal meddlers have not been restrained by a court system overrun with statist Leftist traitors to the Constitution. Would HR450 have much of an impact? Practically speaking it is hard to tell, because the Left changes the meanings of words to suit themselves on a regular basis. But it would be worth shaking up every Congressman by jerking his chain with this issue.