10th Amendment
On the Omission of the Term “Expressly” from the Tenth Amendment
In his recent review of Lawrence Lessig’s new book, “Fidelity and Constraint,” Georgetown law professor John Mikhail takes issue with Lessig’s account of the New Deal. Mikhail rejects Lessig’s implied suggestion that the New Deal Court departed from the original...
Trump Administration Shows Disdain for 10th Amendment Over Marijuana
by Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute In the days following the 2016 election, there were already worrying signs that the Trump administration didn’t merely view the War on Drugs as a useful source of rhetoric to please some Conservatives. With the appointment of...
An Open Letter to President-Elect Trump
Mr. Trump, These days, a lot of people have been asking the Tenth Amendment Center to attack you, and it would be very popular to do so. On the other hand, a lot of people have been asking us to support you, and it would also be very popular to do so. But, we’re not...
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: Keystones of Liberty
The founding generation created a political system that carefully divided powers and that was designed to ensure the general government remained limited in its scope and power. That system has all but vanished, but two oft-ignored and misunderstood provisions in the...