“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 Alex Wallenwein That really is the question. To increase the one, you have to limit the other. There’s no two ways about it. If confronted with that choice, which one will you increase?? Naturally, there is only one sane answer. Yet, good, well-meaning, but...
by Sheldon Richman, Foundation for Economic Education “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress...
by Susan Lynn, 57th District Rep., Tennessee State sovereignty is a big deal to state legislators; hopefully, it is to you as well. It is what keeps the federal government from over stepping its constitutional bounds. Today many state legislators, including some in...
by Robert Romano, Americans for Limited Government Often, talk of the nation’s founding principles is discarded as an irrelevancy in public discourse. But in truth they are more salient than ever as power in Washington grows to untold heights. And those who still...
by Gary S. Lawson, Heritage Foundation When the Constitution was sent to the states for ratification in 1787, many citizens worried that the new national government proposed by the document was a Leviathan in waiting. During the crucial New York ratification debate,...
