“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
by Gary Wood In the original intent of our U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 8 provided enumerated powers for the federal or general government with all other powers remaining with the States or with the People. One of those enumerated is the power “[t]o regulate...
We are long past the point at which constitutional arguments have much hope of restraining the American political class, either at home or abroad. They are still worth making, though, since they serve to show the two major parties’ contempt for American law and...
by Rick Lynch, Future of Freedom Foundation Why do we have a Constitution? How and why did it come into existence? Just what, exactly, prompted the calling of the Constitutional Convention, which gave birth to it? Most Americans believe, logically enough, that with...
by Michael Boldin When a state “nullifies” a federal law or regulation, it is passing legally-binding legislation that makes the federal act in question void and inoperative, or “non-effective,” within the boundaries of that state; or, in other...
by Michael Boldin For those of you who are regular TenthAmendmentCenter.com readers, activists, and the like, you know full-well that the Constitution doesn’t grant us our rights. Our rights are ours by our very nature, and liberty is best secured by strictly...
