“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.”
When I registered the TenthAmendmentCenter.com domain on June 25, 2006 – I thought I had a nice idea for a blog to discuss how the federal government would rarely, if ever, stay within the confines of the Constitution. Long story short, that blog has grown into...
“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...
Editor’s Note: This scholarly study, “The Original Meaning of an Omission: The Tenth Amendment, Popular Sovereignty and “Expressly” Delegated Power,” by Kurt T. Lash, is one of the finest examples of Tenth Amendment research available. It...
