“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.”
Alexander Hamilton went from arguing that the federal government would only have “expressly delegated” powers during the ratification debates, to saying there was a vast reservoir of “implied powers” when he needed them to get a national bank. Path to Liberty. Fast...
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript here. A lot of people believe the United States is “one nation indivisible.” But this was not the vision of the founding generation....
