“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 Timothy Baldwin During the Constitutional Convention, from May to September 1787, delegates from the colonies were to gather together for the express purpose of amending the Articles of Confederation to form a “more perfect union†(NOT a completely different...
Thomas Woods in the third in a series of ten lectures, presented at “The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective†seminar, hosted by the Mises Institute. Recorded 06/21/2005. Part 1.  Part...
by State Rep. Susan Lynn (TN-57th) The following is a letter from Tennessee to the other 49 State Legislatures We send greetings from the Tennessee General Assembly. On June 23, 2009, House Joint Resolution 108, the State Sovereignty Resolution, was signed by...
by Bob Ellis, DakotaVoice.com Federalism and Tenth Amendment state’s rights have been under assault since the days of FDR. The federal government was created to serve the states and, in the words of James Madison, “to be exercised principally on external objects,...
by Rob Natelson Effectively defending American federalism requires us to remember that federalism was not created by the states – nor was it created for state benefit. Federalism was fashioned by the American people – for the benefit of individuals and of the...
