“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.”
Most people believe that the federal government has an unlimited power to withhold funding to punish state or local governments that refuse to cooperate with its will. For instance, if a state refuses to enforce a specific federal law, the feds could withhold highway...
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript at this link. Can the federal government just withhold all money to get state and local governments to do things? The short answer is no....
