“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 his very last day in office, James Madison shocked Congress by vetoing an infrastructure bill – even though he supported the idea behind it. Madison refused to sign off on the measure, saying it didn’t follow the strict limits of the Constitution, even if it...
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and get the full transcript at this link Most people today have no sense of how small the federal government is actually supposed to be. But a 19th century veto from...
