“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.”
For James Madison, the people of the several states were both the source of all power – and thus the ultimate solution to usurpations – but at the same time, the source of many of the problems due to the tendency towards factions – ultimately leading...
For the “Father of the Constitution,” giving interpretive supremacy to any one branch would destroy the separation of powers. So who decides? Under the Madisonian view – everybody. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 25, 2020...
