Enumerated Powers
The Time to Rein in Spending is Now!
by Laurence Vance, Future of Freedom Foundation The debate in Congress over the extension of the Bush tax cuts has obscured the issue of government spending. After all, it is because members of Congress love to spend money that isn’t theirs that we...
A Re-Write of the Bill of Rights through the Preamble
Published 12-14-2010 With the 219th anniversary of the adoption of the document known as Bill of Rights only hours away, every American who has graduated from high school should be able to explain the original intent of the Amendments in ten minutes or less....
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? The question has come to the fore in recent months because of the controversy surrounding the Arizona immigration law. My own search for...
Amendment X: The False Truism
by Connor Boyack, Utah Tenth Amendment Center The history of the tenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides an insightful look into the fears and concerns shared by the founders of this nation. In the Federalist/Anti-Federalist duel over the nature of the...