The federal government could not interfere with the importation of slaves to the slave states until 1808. The context of the time was that most countries were already banning the slave trade, but the slave states wanted a few more years. Slave importation could be simplified into slave trade. The people were complaining that the government was butting into their lives to much so they made things like this for example.
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The United States Constitution served as a compromise towards bitter divisions between State and Federal powers. The Constitution prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce and the coinage of money, among others.
Powers prohibited to the federal (national) government under the US Constitution are called Denied powers.
C) declare war
regulate interstate trade
Civil Rights Law, Income tax law and minimum wages law are examples of the laws enacted under constitution. Congress holds the right to enact these laws.