Follow the Science! "Politics is the Science of Fraud and politicians are the professors of this Science" -Richard Henry Lee, Letter to his nephew Thomas Lee Shippen (21 Sept 1791) #richardhenrylee #constitution #liberty #libertarian #10thAmendment

In his farewell address of Sept 19, 1796 George Washington warned about the dangers of political factions. But this wariness of political faction wasn’t a product of the founding generation. In fact, it predates the American Revolution. https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2021/09/a-warning-on-factions-from-cato-to-washington/

The Ninth Amendment was a response to concerns that listing certain rights in a bill of rights would imply the federal government had the power to violate other rights not listed. In effect, the Ninth Amendment explicitly asserts that the federal government may only act within its delegated powers, both in regard to the rights listed in the Bill of Rights and those that were not listed. https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2022/04/19/whats-the-point-of-the-ninth-amendment/