The tenth amendment is the most ignored of the original ten. Until now. Oklahoma rediscovered that the Tenth Amendment seems to grant exclusive sovereignty to the states over all areas not granted to the federal government within the constitution.
It will be interesting to see what becomes of this. My instinct is that we should not be holding our breath waiting for a showdown between Washington and Oklahoma City. Nonetheless, it is an excellent reminder that federalism was the intent of our founders.
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Ha! When did they pass the 10th amendment? « The Political Inquirer // June 20, 2008 at 7:55 pm
[...] 20, 2008 by Lance What an excellent post title by the blog Life, Liberty and Property: “When did they pass a ‘tenth’ amendment?” If only I were that [...]