“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.”
This is the second of a three-part series examining the Virginia Ratifying Convention that took place between June 2-27, 1788. As the convention progressed, the discussion turned to freedom of religion, a concept which had played a pivotal role in the development of...
The modern debate over the meaning of the Constitution often devolves into a dueling opinions between legal experts and judges. But the true meaning of the document and the kind of government it created isn’t found in Supreme Court decrees or through interpretation...
