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Whenever I read or hear a conservative point to the 10th Amendment, why do they quote "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States...."
But never seem to finish by adding the last clause, "or to the people."?
Whenever I read or hear a conservative point to the 10th Amendment, why do they quote "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States...."
But never seem to finish by adding the last clause, "or to the people."?
Would that not include the people of that state voting on it?
Whenever I read or hear a conservative point to the 10th Amendment, why do they quote "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States...."
But never seem to finish by adding the last clause, "or to the people."?
since you want to dig... lets dig
1. the purpose is to show that the FEDERAL government is small and effective
2. those things NOT deligated to the federal government BY THE CONSTITUTION are to be determined by the state or by the people at the LOCAL level...NIT the FEDERAL level
1. the purpose is to show that the FEDERAL government is small and effective
2. those things NOT deligated to the federal government BY THE CONSTITUTION are to be determined by the state or by the people at the LOCAL level...NIT the FEDERAL level
Would that not include the people of that state voting on it?
Like state DOMAs to address same-sex marriage since the constitution is silent on marriage and no power is delegated to the federal government to regulate marriage?
There are some rights that neither federal, state or local governments should infringe upon.
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