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Amendment X to the U.S. Constitution
"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." |
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Do Our Rights Come from the Constitution?, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Freedom Daily, Jun 1999
"The Constitution made it clear that this government, unlike others in history, would not be one of unlimited powers. Instead, ... the federal government would be one of limited, enumerated powers. For example, the powers of Congress are limited to those enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution." |
Penumbras, Emanations, and Stuff, by Joseph Sobran, The Reactionary Utopian, 6 Feb 2006
Related Topic: Constitution of the United States
"The Tenth is often referred to as 'the states' rights amendment,' but that's not quite accurate. It speaks of powers, not rights. ... The Federal Government could exercise only those powers listed ... in Article I, Section 8. It was pretty specific: coining (not printing) money, punishing counterfeiters, declaring war, and so forth. " |
The Bill of Rights: Reserved Powers, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Freedom Daily, May 2005
Related Topic: Enumerated Powers
"This system of federal and state powers is known as 'federalism.' By dividing power in that way, the idea was to keep the central government weak and keep political power closer to the people. Compare that to a country that has one central, national government, which is responsible for governing the entire nation." |
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What Is the Constitution?, by Sheldon Richman, Freedom Daily, Jun 2002
Related Topic: Constitution of the United States
"When someone proposes that the federal government do something, the first question ... is whether that power would violate any provision of the Bill of Rights ... One side urges a strict construction ... The other major side urges a looser interpretation ... The list of powers is a secondary consideration ... that is not how the Constitution was supposed to work." |
The Constitution or Liberty, by Sheldon Richman, 7 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Enumerated Powers, James Madison
Contrasts Article II of the Articles of Confederation with the Tenth Amendment and Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, and discusses the implied powers of the latter document
"The most significant difference is that Article II qualifies the word delegated with expressly. The Tenth Amendment does not. This suggests that while the Articles of Confederation was explicitly a document of express, enumerated congressional powers, the Constitution apparently was not. The difference was no oversight ..." |
The Port Security Controversy, by Ron Paul, Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk, 27 Feb 2006
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"There also is an important states' rights issue involved in this controversy. Why are Treasury department bureaucrats in Washington making decisions about port security? Most American ports are owned by U.S. states, cities, or local port authorities, not the federal government. Do Treasury department personnel 1500 miles away really know what's best for the ports of Galveston or Freeport?" |
Tired of Two Parties?: Blame the centralization of the federal government, not the Constitution, by Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman, Washington Post, 17 Aug 2004
Related Topics: Political Parties
"... the truth is that the United States has not always been so dominated by two parties. ... Starting in the 1930s, however, minor parties stopped winning significant shares of votes for elections to Congress ... The decline in voting for minor parties has corresponded to the increasing power of the national government relative to the states." |
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