“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.”
That’s what Yale Law School professor and The New York Times columnist Linda Greenhouse accused members of the Supreme Court of being after they agreed to hear the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act. For his part, Princeton professor and fellow NYT...
As much as the federal government is rightfully criticized on this website, it is time to give credit where credit is due. They truly understand that persistence is key. No matter how hairbrained, laughable, or destructive their schemes may be, they always keep trying...
Kansas lawmakers chickened out. The Kansas legislature had a golden opportunity to make a bold statement and effectively nullify federal regulation of the Lesser Prairie Chicken and the Greater Prairie Chicken within the borders of their state. The Senate Committee on...
Republicans position themselves as the party of the Constitution and limited government. But like the Democrats they constantly criticize, Republicans exercise a great deal of discretion in the application of their constitutional fidelity. Last weekend, discretion...
We focus on state and local solutions here at the Tenth Amendment Center. It’s not because we think the state and local governments feature less corruption or somehow act more nobly than the federal government. It’s not because we trust state and local...