Those are both deficits in the Articles of Confederation that they filled. The power to regulate trade or commerce between the states with foreign nations and with the Indian tribes. The power to establish a uniform system of weights and measures [is a federal power]. The power to set up a system of postal roads. The power to establish a system of what we now call intellectual property laws, trademarks, copyrights, and patents. (29:17–29:21)
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