“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 Steve Palmer, Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center “All power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.â€, Lord Acton We can rephrase Acton’s observation and apply it to today’s world by saying that the more power we grant to our...
by Brian Roberts, Texas Tenth Amendment Center Obama, the great centralizer, recently stated that he was looking for the right ass to kick. With this now famous statement he hoped to divert public attention from the failures of centralized power and begin to set a...
by Gary Wood, Utah Tenth Amendment Center Pres. Harry Truman made the phrase, “the buck stops here†famous. Pres. Obama has embraced a similar stance with his often used “the buck stops with me†line. Every president between Truman and Obama have told the...
by Andrew Nappi The following is based off a speech given at the Citrus County, FL tea party on April 17, 2010 The 10th Amendment, also known as the “states rights†amendment says very simply, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,...
by Dr. Harold Pease The nature of all governments is to grow, absorbing decision-making power unto themselves. It happened with the British Parliament and it is now happening with our imperial Congress. The reason the Enumeration Clause is one sentence of 18...
