10th Amendment Essentials: Sovereignty and Resistance
“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.” Before the Tenth Amendment was even drafted or considered, supporters of the Constitution told the...
The American Revolution Was a Constitutional Crisis
At its core, the American Revolution was a constitutional crisis. The British system of government during the colonial era was a constitutional system, but not in the same sense Americans think of it today. The constitution was not written, and in the British system,...
The Evolution of Sovereignty in American Political Thought: Part 2
This is part 2 of a 2-part series examining the evolution of American political thought as it relates to sovereignty in the political system. You can read part 1 HERE. In the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, and continuing through the post-war era, Americans...