The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution protects powers preserved for the states that were not delegated to the federal government, but what does that actually mean? The founding fathers wrote, ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh explained the concept of federalism and how the 10th Amendment to the Constitution protects state authority.

State and local officials say the federal deployment of immigration agents violates the 10th Amendment. The surge, which the Trump administration has defended, has led to three shootings and tense ...

This article is cross-posted (with permission) from the Brennan Center State Court Report website, where it was originally published; it builds in part on my earlier article about this case, published ...

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.

Earlier today, Lawfare published my article "Minnesota's Compelling 10th Amendment Case Against Trump's ICE Surge." Here is an excerpt: The federal government's brutal and often illegal use of ...