1. Tenth Amendment
However, in the hands of a group of justices who reason similarly to Chief Justice Taney, such as the current Rehnquist majority, the Tenth Amendment is a powerful tool that can be used to empower the individual states and limit what powers the federal government can exercise over the states and their citizens. ... The Articles of Confederation (the governing document of the United States from 1781 to 1789) rejected a national government with broad, elastic powers by stating in Article II, "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right w...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate