Tenth Amendment

America's Tea Party (re: the movement started by Rick Santelli's challenge to President Obama's economic policies) is calling for Americans to contact their Representatives to remind them of the 10th Amendment (one of the Bill of Rights) to the Constitution.

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Thomas Jefferson described the Tenth Amendment as “the foundation of the Constitution” and added, “to take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn … is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition.”

Our token leaders continue to redefine and expand their unconstitutional bounds of power. We cannot be a “Nation of Laws” if the supreme law, the Constitution, is ignored. In honor of the 10th Amendment, we Americans can send our representatives in every level of government a simple reminder on March 10th by sending the following e-mail:

Dear Representative [NAME]

This is a friendly reminder that I still believe in the 10th Amendment. Please represent me.

Thank you,
[NAME]

Or, if you have really had ENOUGH, personalize your message.

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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.
– The 10th Amendment to the Constitution

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Consider contacting your Representatives, including the President, and asking them why they are overstepping their constitutional boundaries. Of course, if you have a Representative who is actually fighting for our constitutional protections, take the time to thank him or her.

As far as human institutions go, our Founders established a brilliant form of government. They recognized the dangers of allowing government to expand beyond the control of its citizens. We need to remind ourselves of this and, in turn, remind our elected officials.