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The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) to the United States Constitution, a part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. [1] It expresses the principle of federalism, whereby the federal government and the individual states share power, by mutual agreement, with the federal government having the supremacy.
While an emphasis on the Tenth Amendment has historically been championed by conservative jurists, the states and local governments challenging the executive order in this case reflect the amendment's use by liberals. [34] A federal statute involved in the cases is section 1373 of title 8 of the United States Code. That section provides that "a ...
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He said the 10th Amendment doesn’t give states powers prohibited by the U.S. Constitution and pointed to the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which ensures federal law is supreme over state law.
The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol.
Lamberth won support from Rep. Bud Hulsey, R-Kingsport, who said the proposal appears to be “an attempt at reclaiming the 10th amendment of the Constitution,” which reserves rights not ...
The Constitution does not contain any clause expressly providing that the states have the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional. Supporters of nullification have argued that the states' power of nullification is inherent in the nature of the federal system. They have argued that before the Constitution was ratified, the states essentially were separate nation
“Under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, states have the right to address the unique needs of their citizens without undue interference.” ... The governor can’t spend taxpayer dollars ...