What Part of Limited is Not Understood?

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce.”
—James Madison, Federalist No. 45

The Constitution Allows The Federal Government  18 Powers

Enumerated Powers Act – proposed in 2007 did not pass in the last session of Congress. sponsored by Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ3]with 53 cosponsors. This bill is being brought back from the dead with the accelerated radical policies destroying our great nation.

Shea legislation seeks to reclaim U.S. Constitutional states’ rights for Washington

Citizens from throughout Washington will arrive in Olympia Thursday, Jan. 14, to rally on the Capitol steps, asking lawmakers to pass legislation that reasserts state sovereignty.

The rally is part of the “10th Amendment movement” in which lawmakers in a growing number of states, including Washington, are telling the federal government to back off and quit meddling in the states’ business. The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declares: “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.”  Read more... (299 words, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)