“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.”
A lot of people think if they can get the power in the hands of the “right people,” it will be used to do something good. But with the power to do good comes the power to do evil. Nobody can be trusted with that kind of power. View this post on Instagram A post...
People today love the idea of implied government powers to advance this or that political agenda. In a constitutional system, government powers are fixed by the Constitution, not created by “tacit implication.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
The real problem with the biggest government in history isn’t the people in power. It’s the power in the first place. That means you can’t solve the problem by simply switching out the people. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth...
Control over language is power. As Samuel Adams put it in a 1776 letter to John Pitts, “How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!” We’ve seen the “tools” of the monster state do this over and over again to the...
If we’re not to that point today, we’re so close it’s hard to tell the difference. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information Free People Claim Their Rights Don’t Trust Government...
Today, the American system of government is as far from the founders’ design as the east is from the west. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information Federalist #45 Thirty...