“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.”
On this date in 1753, Edmund Randolph was born. Randolph was one of three members of the Philadelphia Convention who stayed until the end but refused to sign the Constitution. He later reversed his position and became an important advocate for ratification during the...
A lot of people believe the Preamble to the Constitution gives the federal government the power to do just about anything. And a lot of people are wrong. Learn what the preamble is and what it does. Plus the three foundational principles it underscores in the Framers’...
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript here. At the Virginia ratifying convention, Edmund Randolph said that reading the general welfare clause as a broad grant of power would...