Federalism
10th Amendment Explained: Tench Coxe on State vs Federal Power
“Independent of the control or interference of the federal government.” That’s how Tench Coxe described the vast majority of power under the Constitution – reserved to the states and completely off-limits to the federal government. In this episode,...
Join or Die: Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Call for Union (1754)
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...
Forgotten Federalism
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”
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...