Under the articles of confederation, on whom did the confederation congress have to depend to enforce its laws?

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Tucker Lyons

3 April, 18:49

Under the articles of confederation, on whom did the confederation congress have to depend to enforce its laws?

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Davian Conway · Answer 1

Under the Articles of Confederation, the confederation congress had to depend on the laws of the Congress to enforce its laws.

The Articles of Confederation had no system of courts in the national government. This means that the judiciary branch was dependent on the states, which could decide to discard national actions as they wanted. Also, considering that the Congress had no means to enforce its laws, the states had the power to ignore them as they desired.