{"product_id":"tenth-amendment-power-from-the-people","title":"Tenth Amendment: Power FROM the People","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tenth Amendment isn’t just some archaic expression of “states’ rights” that has no application today. It encapsulates the heart and soul of the Constitution, rooted in the principles of the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis quick-read 59-page handbook tells this story the government-run \"education\" system doesn't teach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost people today pay very little attention to the Tenth Amendment. Some even refer to it as “a dead letter.” But the founding generation considered it an essential part of the Constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA number of state ratifying conventions – following the lead of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Theophilus Parsons and others in Massachusetts – ratified the Constitution only with a recommendation of including an amendment that made a clear line in the sand between federal and state power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Adams put it,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“They wish to see a Line drawn as clearly as may be, between the federal Powers vested in Congress and the distinct Sovereignty of the several States upon which the private and personal Rights of the Citizens depend.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Hancock noted that\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“the powers reserved by the people render them secure.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust a few years later, Thomas Jefferson referred to the Tenth the “foundation of the Constitution.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tenth Amendment isn’t just some archaic expression of “states’ rights” that has no application today. It encapsulates the heart and soul of the Constitution, rooted in the principles of the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact, it is impossible to grasp the American constitutional system without understanding these principles underlying the Tenth Amendment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenth Amendment: Power\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe People,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMichael Boldin and Mike Maharrey uncover the roots of this foundational provision, tracing the philosophies and political ideas underlying it all the way back to their Revolutionary, natural rights tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, you will see the evolution of political thought that brought us the Tenth Amendment – and the American constitutional system – through the eyes of the old revolutionaries and founding fathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Boldin and Maharrey don’t just leave you with an interesting history lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the final chapter, they use words of the founders and old revolutionaries to tell you how they believed the constitutional limits on federal power the Tenth Amendment describes need to be enforced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, it’s up to the people to get that job done – whether the federal government likes it, or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 59 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tenth Amendment Center (2022)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAC Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48749103612160,"sku":"TAC34998","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/9366\/0672\/files\/mediamodifier_image.png?v=1779386134","url":"https:\/\/tenthamendmentstore.com\/products\/tenth-amendment-power-from-the-people","provider":"TAC Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}