“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.”
Thomas Jefferson called the 10th Amendment the “foundation of the Constitution,” because it tells us how to read the entire document. But he was far from alone. Even before the 10th was ever drafted, leading federalists – like James Wilson –...
More important every day, the “foundation of the Constitution” is how Thomas Jefferson described the 10th Amendment. A quick overview of what it is and why it exists, plus the top-10 quotes from leading founders on the Tenth – and the essential...
