No amendment is of more practical importance than our Tenth Amendment for protecting what remains of our liberty and recovering the huge percentage of liberty that previous generations, and we ourselves, have surrendered to the Federal Leviathan. For our federal system was and still is a system of separation of powers with checks and balances between our national/central government and our states’ governments. Our state governments have powers which can be used against central government usurpations. And our state and local government officials, not to mention our states’ citizens, have means of influencing the officials of our national government to obey the oaths of office which all our elected and appointed officials take to uphold our Constitution.
It is encouraging to see that more and more of our elected officials, particularly at the state level, are realizing the importance of our Tenth Amendment to the proper functioning of state government and its function as the gateway to the preservation of our liberty.
“This is a great book, and it could not be more timely. It should be required reading for all politians and anyone considering public service. The author makes a great case for the primacy of the 10th amendment, which was "supposed" to guarantee state sovereignty. The information is well organized and well stated. It could very easily be used as a textbook. It is my hope that it will find a wide audience and ignite interest in our Constitution and the proper role of both state and federal governments. I give it my highest recommendation, a must read for all thinking citizens.”
wardicus
August 12, 2010