Understanding the Constitution: How States May Respond to Illegal Immigration—Part I
What is important for legal purposes is not how we use those words. What is important is how the Constitution uses them.
Evidence on the Powers the Constitution Leaves Exclusively to the States
This column also appears at CNSNews. The Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal government. But has anyone listed the exclusive powers of states—the realm the federal government may not invade without violating the Constitution? When discussing state authority, the Founders usually pointed out only that the federal government’s powers were, as Madison said, “few […]
