“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.”
The Ninth Amendment. Most people don’t know what it says or means. Others just ignore it. Those who don’t, usually get it completely wrong. The Ninth isn’t a grant of additional federal power. It’s a partner to the Tenth Amendment and a firewall for...
by Timothy Baldwin There is nothing new about the content of the article authored by Richard Latimer, entitled, A Lesson In Constitutional Law For Rep. Perry, posted on January 4, 2010. You can read the article for yourself, but Latimer attempts to “set straightâ€...
by Rob Natelson, Electric City Weblog The Founders were aware that, as is true of any legal document, the Constitution’s application to new cases sometimes would not be obvious, and the instrument would have to be interpreted. The Founders expected future...
