[Cboldt]

The 10th is a lost cause, unfortunately. It is taken as a mere statement of fact, and not as a limitation on government. The statement of fact is that "In a three-section rights-pie made of states-rights, federal-rights and personal-rights, each part of the pie can be assigned to one of the three sections."

[brityank]

The statement of fact is that "In a three-section rights-pie made of states-rights, federal-rights and personal-rights, each part of the pie can be assigned to one of the three sections."

I submit that your example is flawed for the same reason most liberal interpretations of the Constitution are flawed:

• People have Rights; Governments have Powers.

The People can grant and rescind the Powers of Government. (See the Eighteenth Amendment.) We often complain (and rightly so, IMHO) that the Courts legislate from the bench; yet that would not be possible were the Legislators crafting constitutionally valid laws and regulations.

[Weirdad]

Half the reason the 10th Amendment seems like a lost cause is that too many people keep saying it is a lost cause. If Freepers were deterred by conventional wisdom claiming our causes are lost then FR would be a lonely place indeed.

[Amelia]

The 10th is a lost cause, unfortunately. It is taken as a mere statement of fact, and not as a limitation on government.

It occured to me the other day that the "State of the Union" address is currently a misnomer. We're no longer a union of separate states, but a nation.