Jim, I remembered this from my all my U.S. Government courses. Look at Section 10...each begans with "No State shall". Clearly if they intended that the States were ordered that "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed." They would have put in it Section 10 not Section 9 where all the limits are assumed to be for Congress not the States. All the other laws under Art. 1 Section 9 are clearly meant for Congress.
Look at Art. 1 Section 10: (Powers prohibited of States)
Section 10.
No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.
No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress.
No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
"Section 9 of Article I prohibits Congress from taking certain actions. See U.S. Const. art. I, §9. For example, until the passage of the 16th Amendment Congress could not directly tax the people of the United States unless it was proportioned to the population of each state. See U.S. Const. art. I, § 9.
Section 10 of Article I lists a number of specific actions that individual states may no longer take. U.S. Const. art. I, § 10.
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David Upton