States’ Rights: The Foundation of Our Republic
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. Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution
Fighting together in the American Revolution, Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge CREDIT: Dunsmore, John Ward, artist. “Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge.” Reproduction of a 1907 painting. St. Paul, Brown & Bigelow, copyright 1907. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Good Monday morning! I pray y’all enjoyed a loving and blessed Valentine’s Day.
When some gaze upon the title of this week’s missive, they may immediately construct a negative connotation for the words “states’ rights.” There are those who will weigh these words against the annals of American history associated with slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, and segregation. The funny thing is that the people who think of state