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Does the [[Constitution_of_the_United_States#10th_Amendment_.28States.27_rights.29|10th Amendment]] give the state of Massachusetts the power to exercise controls over areas not enumerated for the federal Congress? | Does the [[Constitution_of_the_United_States#10th_Amendment_.28States.27_rights.29|10th Amendment]] give the state of Massachusetts the power to exercise controls over areas not enumerated for the federal Congress? | ||
|holding=No. | |holding=No. | ||
* The power of Congress to authorize expenditures of public monies for public purposes is not limited by the direct grants of legislative power found in the Constitution, but it does have limits. Appropriations cannot be made as means to an unconstitutional end. | * The power of Congress to authorize expenditures of public monies for public purposes is not limited by the direct grants of legislative power found in the Constitution, but it does have limits. Appropriations cannot be made as means to an unconstitutional end. |