“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 State Senator John Carey (OH-17th) Over the past several years, our leaders in Washington — from both political parties — have watched over a major expansion of the size and scope of the federal government. This has been fueled by excessive regulations,...
“The most numerous objects of legislation belong to the States. Those of the National Legislature [are] but few.” –Rufus King, at the Federal Constitutional Convention In constitutional form, the federal government is one of enumerated powers, and...
by Luigi Marco Bassani, Mises.org It is astonishing that Jeffersonian scholars have paid so little attention to the states’-rights aspect of Jefferson’s thought. If one reads the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Jefferson appears to be the father of the...
by Wayne J. Barbarek Although there may be problems, as in any industry, I cannot keep from wondering to what, or which, “system” everyone is referring. There is all this talk of the “National” health care system; however, I fail to find where...
There is an on-going debate about the extent to the First Amendment bars congressional campaign finance limits. That debate is important, but it doesn’t address a more fundamental question: What empowers Congress to regulate congressional campaign finance at...
