Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution

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Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution is the provision that vests all federal legislative powers in Congress, establishing the foundational principle of separation of powers and the nondelegation doctrine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
section of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn 1788 ⓘ
appliesTo United States federal government ⓘ
authorizes bicameral legislature at the federal level ⓘ
citedAs Art. I, § 1, U.S. Const. ⓘ
constitutionalLevel federal ⓘ
contrastsWith Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
definesBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
draftedAt Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
establishes Congress of the United States as the federal legislature ⓘ
governs allocation of federal legislative authority ⓘ
grants all legislative powers herein granted to Congress ⓘ
hasEffectOn scope of congressional lawmaking power ⓘ
structure of the United States Congress ⓘ
hasNumber Section 1 ⓘ
historicalContext Framing of the United States Constitution ⓘ
implies federal separation of powers ⓘ
nondelegation doctrine ⓘ
influencedBy principle of separation of powers in Enlightenment political theory ⓘ
influences interpretation of congressional delegation to administrative agencies ⓘ
limits on executive lawmaking authority ⓘ
limits on judicial lawmaking authority ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem United States federal law ⓘ
limits exercise of federal legislative power to Congress ⓘ
locatedInArticle Article I ⓘ
partOf Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
requires Congress to consist of a Senate and House of Representatives ⓘ
subject legislative power ⓘ
nondelegation doctrine ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
text All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. ⓘ
usedIn constitutional law interpretation ⓘ
nondelegation doctrine cases ⓘ
separation of powers jurisprudence ⓘ
vestsPowerIn Congress of the United States ⓘ
House of Representatives of the United States ⓘ
Senate of the United States ⓘ

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Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
Vesting Clause of Article I → formsPartOf → Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution