Amendment X (1791)

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Legal interpretation: Failure of the Constitution to mention a specific right does not mean that the government can abridge that right, but its protection has to be found elsewhere.

I believe I mentioned the 10th Amendment in another message.

You can read it (with notes for each section) here:

http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm


>No, the power to create one is reserved to the individuals states.
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>Which paragraph in the Constitution is that, then?
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>However, historically, the Supreme Court has pretty much done what it wants (re-interprets it) or else Medicaid and Medicare would not exist at the federal level as well .
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>Why reinterpret? Review Jefferson's quotations about taxes on the rich to pay for things like canals. Perhaps the Courts are protecting the Constitution from people who want to reinterpret what the Founding Fathers actually intended. ;-)
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>I'm still for bringing in the Swedes to organize and run it
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>The French might be better- they're a Republic too with a few attributes on the authority vs people scale that some here might enjoy. ;-)