James Madison with a warning about treating "general Welfare" as the whatever they want clause. #founders #constitution #10thAmendment #libertarian #liberty

a primer on the longest amendment ever adopted—the 14th. Some say it’s the most important amendment, because it empowered the federal government to protect people from state government abuse. https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2021/11/17/understanding-the-constitution-the-14th-amendment-part-i/

In the system of the Founders, the powers of both the “general government and the state governments” are “emanations of power from the people.” The 10th Amendment was widely understood to reaffirm this revolutionary principle. https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2020/04/the-10th-amendment-sovereignty-of-the-people-of-the-several-states/