When in Doubt, Don’t

“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“.

Using those words, the founders said to the federal government, “When in doubt, don’t”. The main body of the Constitution establishes the front gate by which Congress was invited to act on our behalf. Most of the delegated powers are listed in Article I, section 8. When the Congress establishes laws on these matters, it is acting as an invited guest. However, when the Congress establishes laws on matters which have not been delegated to it, it is climbing over the Tenth Amendment fence, erected to secure our Liberties. At those times, the Congress is trespassing against the states and against the people.

The States have permitted their independence to be usurped by the federal government by letting unconstitutional laws go unchallenged.