“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 Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin had a bold idea to unite the colonies – an idea most people have never heard of. In 1754, just before the Albany Congress, he published his famous “Join...
It seems every crisis in America is a “constitutional crisis.” Why? Because Americans have forgotten–or have never been taught–about federalism. You see, one size fits all, top-down government results in all of the political angst we have in...
The Constitution did not create a “nation” in the modern sense. It created a union of sovereign states. That distinction is crucial. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information This Is...
Most people think these United States are “one nation.” Most people are wrong. That was not the system created by the Constitution View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information One Nation,...
Last week, The New York Times ran an article that exemplifies the current Constitutional ignorance in the United States. While the article was ostensibly about the “independent state legislature doctrine,” the subtitle grabbed my attention: “Races in...
Last week, I talked about how the left is now openly calling to shred the Constitution. They’ve been doing that for years, but they are now saying the quiet part out loud. But what about “conservatives?” The Federalist Society gives out an annual...