“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.”
by Kody Dickerson This is the fundamental concept of the role of the federal government: “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.”...
by State Rep Steven Palazzo, Mississippi District 116 Speech before the State House supporting passage of HCR-69 Prior to the Tea Party demonstrations across our nation I have not heard of a ‘Tea Party’ since grammar school and the last one held in the...
“Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; But, if it is flat, will the King’s command make it round? And if it is round, will the King’s command flatten it? – NO.” When Robert Bolt wrote that truism in his play A Man For...
Professor Rob Natelson of the University of Montana School of Law is an expert on the framing and adoption of the United States Constitution. He was recently interviewed by Dori Monson on NewsTalk 97.3 FM in Seattle – it’s definitely worth the listen....
The Constitution brought into existence the most unusual government in history. It was a government whose powers were limited to those enumerated in the document itself. If the power wasn’t enumerated, the government could not exercise it. Fearful that the newly...