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What does this mean? I haven't been in history class in a loooonng time...?
- Thread starter luvmyfam
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there are 2 views of the federal government's relationship to the individual states
1) anything that is not specifically prohibited to the federal government is allowed, or anything that can be construed to fall under the umbrella of "interstate commerce" is allowed
2) any power not specifically granted to the federal government is prohibited
the 9th and 10th amendments are the specific problem areas, in contrast to the interstate commerce clause and another nonspecific clause regarding the legislature (i do not have a copy of the constitution with me [i am not home])
if the federal government returns power to the states and the people
we may get out of this mess (specifically "new deal" and more recent)
if the federal government insists on continuing to centralize the political power in this country, then, i think that we are headed for civil war within the next 10 years
does this help?
1) anything that is not specifically prohibited to the federal government is allowed, or anything that can be construed to fall under the umbrella of "interstate commerce" is allowed
2) any power not specifically granted to the federal government is prohibited
the 9th and 10th amendments are the specific problem areas, in contrast to the interstate commerce clause and another nonspecific clause regarding the legislature (i do not have a copy of the constitution with me [i am not home])
if the federal government returns power to the states and the people
we may get out of this mess (specifically "new deal" and more recent)
if the federal government insists on continuing to centralize the political power in this country, then, i think that we are headed for civil war within the next 10 years
does this help?
John de Witt
New member
The tenth amendment: "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."
For about a century now, the US Congress has used the Commerce clause in the Constitution as an excuse to pass any law it wants, and only rarely gets its hand slapped by the Supreme Court. Lately some of the states, especially those with more conservative constituencies, have been staking out areas they feel the federal government has no business in.
For about a century now, the US Congress has used the Commerce clause in the Constitution as an excuse to pass any law it wants, and only rarely gets its hand slapped by the Supreme Court. Lately some of the states, especially those with more conservative constituencies, have been staking out areas they feel the federal government has no business in.
John de Witt
New member
The tenth amendment: "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."
For about a century now, the US Congress has used the Commerce clause in the Constitution as an excuse to pass any law it wants, and only rarely gets its hand slapped by the Supreme Court. Lately some of the states, especially those with more conservative constituencies, have been staking out areas they feel the federal government has no business in.
For about a century now, the US Congress has used the Commerce clause in the Constitution as an excuse to pass any law it wants, and only rarely gets its hand slapped by the Supreme Court. Lately some of the states, especially those with more conservative constituencies, have been staking out areas they feel the federal government has no business in.
there are 2 views of the federal government's relationship to the individual states
1) anything that is not specifically prohibited to the federal government is allowed, or anything that can be construed to fall under the umbrella of "interstate commerce" is allowed
2) any power not specifically granted to the federal government is prohibited
the 9th and 10th amendments are the specific problem areas, in contrast to the interstate commerce clause and another nonspecific clause regarding the legislature (i do not have a copy of the constitution with me [i am not home])
if the federal government returns power to the states and the people
we may get out of this mess (specifically "new deal" and more recent)
if the federal government insists on continuing to centralize the political power in this country, then, i think that we are headed for civil war within the next 10 years
does this help?
1) anything that is not specifically prohibited to the federal government is allowed, or anything that can be construed to fall under the umbrella of "interstate commerce" is allowed
2) any power not specifically granted to the federal government is prohibited
the 9th and 10th amendments are the specific problem areas, in contrast to the interstate commerce clause and another nonspecific clause regarding the legislature (i do not have a copy of the constitution with me [i am not home])
if the federal government returns power to the states and the people
we may get out of this mess (specifically "new deal" and more recent)
if the federal government insists on continuing to centralize the political power in this country, then, i think that we are headed for civil war within the next 10 years
does this help?