“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.”
In the first of his 18 anti-federalist letters, the Federal Farmer warned against adopting a new system hastily out of fear, which has always “been the custom of tyrants and their dependents.” Instead, he urged caution – and a deeper look at what might lead to...
Personnel changes from administration to administration. And policy can shift as well. But government power once given never goes away. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information Brutus No. 1:...
During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, Anti-Federalists repeatedly warned about the dangers of too much power. One of their prominent arguments centered around the maxim that once power expands, people with power never seem to voluntarily give it...