“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.”
For absolute monarchs, John Locke was “the most dangerous man in the world,” as I explained in a recent article. Locke’s case against absolutism literally revolutionized the world. Here is a summary of that case, which he made in his Two Treatises of Government. The...