The 10th Amendment

"If we are to have a free society for the future, we must reign in this out-of-control federal government, and return to our Constitution; with a special emphasis on the limitations imposed on government by the Tenth Amendment."

There are many bills before the States right now that want to re-affirm the 10th Amendment...basically to let the Federal government know that not everyone wants or needs a 'nanny government' to watch over our every move.

If you think the 10th Amendment applies, contact your state reps and find out what they are doing to curtail the feds from taking over our lives.

clipped from www.populistamerica.com "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." The Constitution applies to the federal government.  Its sole purpose was to spell out what the government can do. key principle of the Constitution is quite simple: positive grant. What it means is this - the US federal government is authorized to exercise only those powers which are specifically given to it in the Constitution. Nothing more, and nothing less. For many, many years, we've allowed our politicians to interpret and bend the rules of the Constitution; ostensibly for good reasons. But, we have to face reality. When you allow politicians to do this over long periods, eventually you end up with leaders who feel that the law doesn't apply at all. reign in this out-of-control federal government, Sounds familiar, doesn't it?