[Texas Federalist]

That's what happens when people who run on a platform of devolving away federal power gain the reigns of federal power. All of a sudden they ain't so interested in getting rid of what they just obtained.

That's why the founders drafted the 10th Amendment. Too bad we basically got rid of it half a century ago.

[tahiti]

"That's why the founders drafted the 10th Amendment. Too bad we basically got rid of it half a century ago."

I contend that the 10th amendment was rendered superfluous and in fact, for all intents and purposes, amended on July 9, 1868, when Amendmet XIV was ratified.

The good news is the "amendment" process is the correct constitutional procedure for making changes of such magnitude versus just the Congress enacted laws contrary to the covenants of the Constitution.