“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.”
I consider myself a fairly reasonable guy. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt and assume positive intent, even when I disagree with them. But there are some people who, by nature of being a reviling combination of ignorant and arrogant, waive their right...
Obamacare is the “law of the land,” except where it’s not. The states have historically been unable to resist the federal government, except when they did. The Supreme Court says that states can’t nullify federal laws, but they do it anyway....
I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the folks over at Bill Moyers’ website have discovered the Tenth Amendment Center. The bad news is that their research apparently stopped at the name. Moyers associate and historian Bernard Weisberger recently...
Once every four years we get to witness one of the silliest traditions of all time: the predictable “Don’t blame me, I voted for Candidate X” bumper stickers and, nowadays, internet memes. Of course, this is not a recent development. Some of my...
Imagine for a moment that you are a basketball player. The opposing team has the ball and you’re playing defense. What would happen if you turned around to find that the court had doubled in size and the other team suddenly had 10 players on the court? With...