“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.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is excerpted from Mike Maharrey’s ebook, The Jefferson Letters vol. 1: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Download it for free at this link. In this letter, James Madison brings Thomas Jefferson up to speed on the debate...
Excerpted from the paper, “James Madison’s Celebrated Report of 1800: The Transformation of the Tenth Amendment” The historical precursor to the Tenth Amendment was Article II of the Articles of Confederation, which declared that, “Each state retains its...
