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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: surprising facility, the obligations created by the laws of
Congress from those created by the laws of his own State; and
who, after having discriminated between the matters which come
under the cognizance of the Union and those which the local
legislature is competent to regulate, could not point out the
exact limit of the several jurisdictions of the Federal courts
and the tribunals of the State.
The Constitution of the United States is like those
exquisite productions of human industry which ensure wealth and
renown to their inventors, but which are profitless in any other
hands. This truth is exemplified by the condition of Mexico at
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