The Tenth Amendment states: “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.” This ...

Today’s gathering of 2012 presidential candidates for the American Principles Project Palmetto Freedom Forum highlighted the continuing salience of social issues in the Republican coalition, as ...

Justice Neil Gorsuch had quite the reaction when an attorney cited the amendment as an example of when Congress may pass a "duplicative" provision that doesn't do much in changing the law. The ...

The U.S. Constitution is our supreme law. The first 10 Amendments, or Bill of Rights, were ratified in December 1791. Amendments are part of the Constitution. As the former attorney general of ...

This term, Supreme Court watchers are paying close attention to “Masterpiece Cakeshop”—the gay wedding cake case--which could be a landmark in First Amendment jurisprudence. But there’s another case, ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in an unusual case examining the scope of the Tenth Amendment and the ability of a Pennsylvania woman to challenge her conviction for poisoning her husband's ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2007, with some money from a customer service job (he prefers not to say where he ...

Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, seen here in 2024 with President Donald Trump, said she's investigating New Jersey's governor and attorney general over their refusal to allow state and local cops to ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...