In 1798, the legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky approved resolutions that affirmed the states’ right to resist federal encroachments on their powers. If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the resolutions’ authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless [...]

10th amendment · Constitution · states rights

The 10th Amendment of the US Constitution states:
“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.”
What does this mean? It is actually very simple.  If the Constitution does not grant the authority for the federal government [...]

10th amendment · bill of rights · colorado · Constitution · liberty · sovereignty · tenth amendment

As Texas sends it’s message to Washington DC, the rest of the country should listen. The 10th Amendment of the Constitution was created for your protection from overbearing and expansive federal government. There has never been a time in the history of this country when government has so grossly overstepped it’s boundaries and [...]

10th amendment · Constitution · federal government · soverignty · texas