EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re proud to announce the launch of our newest
state chapter – the Kentucky Tenth Amendment Center! by Michael
Maharrey, Kentucky Tenth Amendment Center Welcome to the
Kentucky chapter of the 10th Amendment Center. The principle is
simple. It is not radical or extremist, nor should it be
controversial. The founders of the United States clearly
intended a federal government with defined and limited power.
The bulk of governance was meant to happen at the state and
local level.Â The 10th Amendment in the Bill of Rights reaffirms
this principle in the simplest of language. â€œThe 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.â€ Simple. Straight forward. No
need for complicated exegesis or convoluted interpretation.
James Madison expanded the idea, writing in Federalist No. 45.
â€œThe powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the
federal government are few and defined. Those which