Society is a Blessing, Government an Evil
Tom Paine: “Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one”
The Congressional Power over Immigration: A Detective Story
Did the Founders’ Constitution give Congress the power to restrict immigration? Or was this a subject reserved to the states?
States vs Feds: Borders and the Constitution
We are constantly told that people illegally entering the country are undocumented immigrants and DC has jurisdiction over ALL matters concerning immigration. This is not the case.
Even those who disagreed agreed on federalism
Maintaining government over the daily concerns of people at the lowest level possible was necessary for self-government to thrive and kingly government to have no place in the future of the United States.
Why a Tenth Amendment?
Most of the states demanded a constitutional amendment explicitly limiting the federal government to those enumerated in the Constitution. That amendment became the Tenth.
