How many Yahooer's have ever read the constitution of united states and fully comprehend interpretively?

Question

Amendment #10 or X is a good one written by the founding fathers it is simple use that one for example to explain your understanding

Please anyone do you comprehend Amendment X? State your understanding please!

Answer 1

The 10th Amendment that stated what powers were not granted to the Federal government in the Constitution were reserved for the states or the people.

But the federal government has been ignoring this one for decades, and we've become less free than we once were. Between the abuse of the Congressional power to regulate commerce and abuse of the 14th amendment, the federal government has grossly exceeded its constitutional limits as established and imagined by the founders of this country.
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Commerce and 14th amendment are not the only constitutional clauses they abuse, but those have been extensively used to justify unwarranted federal gov't intrusion into the private sector economy and free market, and into our private lives.

Answer 2

30-year constitutional scholars cannot claim to "fully comprehend" everything there. But your point is otherwise a valid one.

If more people actually read the laws, and did some research into the issues, we might be more able to have rational debate on the merits of topics, rather than just name-calling and mudslinging.

Sadly, too few people seem to be willing to put in that much effort.

The 10th was originally intended to clarify the fact that the federal government was meant to be one of enumerated limited powers, and that the states had primary responsibility and authority over anything that was not explicitly allowed to the federal govt.

The 10th was largely gutted during the 1920s and the 1930s, when SCOTUS held that it was largely a truism, such that only that which was not held (or taken) by the federal govt was left to the states.

It's amazing to me that the entire concept of rational basis review arose from the court's distinction between "necessary" and "absolutely necessary", but they had no problem effectively throwing out the 9th and 10th in their entirety.

Answer 3

I understand the Constitution, and I respect it.

It is our elite who don't respect it. But I am sure they understand it too.

I would never have passed such a unconstitutional law like the Patriot Act

Patriot Act : http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/default.html

“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Göring(Nazi) 1946 Nuremberg Trials

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."
David Rockefeller: Statement to the Untied Nations Business Council in September 1994

Answer 4

Most of the US Supreme Court does fully comprehend it 'interpretively.'

Oh, and the 10th means if you didn't specifically read in the constitution to this point, it is not within the power of the federal government.

Answer 5

I even have examine it over 20 situations. I even have examine the Decleration of Independence 20 situations. I even have examine the bill of Rights, I even have examine each and every of the Amendments. i could no longer show you how to comprehend the numbers, yet i comprehend them somewhat properly.

Answer 6

the way i understand it...
if there is a need for a law that is not covered by the constitution (which is governed by the national laws), the law may be made by the state that has the need for the law...

Answer 7

I like the Tenth Amendment...

It pretty much says "Uh, if we forgot anything, check with your local government...or to you, depending on the situation."

Answer 8

Probably Zero

Answer 9

I dunno, but I think it's so hot.