10th Amendment
The 10th Amendment: An Introduction
“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.” What does it mean, why did they think it was so important? And would we even have a...
Constitution 101: Powers Reserved to the States or to the People
While the Constitution was being considered in state ratifying conventions, prominent supporters of ratification repeatedly gave the people lists of powers that would be exclusively reserved to the people of the several states. Tench Coxe, James Iredell, Charles...
More News on Powers Reserved Exclusively to the States
Recently published, in the Federalist Society Review, Robert Natelson (Independence Institute): More News on Powers Reserved Exclusively to the States (20 Fed. Soc. Rev. 92 (2019)). Here is the introduction (footnotes omitted): This essay updates and supplements an...
Interview: Back to the Basics on the Tenth Amendment and Nullification
Last week, I appeared on the Sean Burke Show which airs on WSMN 1590 in New Hampshire. The interview was something of a back to the basics discussion on the Tenth Amendment and nullification. We talked about the purpose of the Tenth Amendment and why it was included...