Congress Quote by Antonin Scalia

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of…

— Albert J. Nock

“To have submitted it to the legislative discretion of the States, would have been improper for the same reason; and for the additional reason…

— James Madison

The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government In the…

— Alexander Hamilton

“When states are absent, rights—by any definition—are impossible to sustain. States are not structures to be taken for granted, exploited, or discarded, but are…

— Timothy Snyder

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is "established by the State".

— Antonin Scalia

I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union,…

— Andrew Jackson

If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon…

— Alexander Hamilton

[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void…

— Thomas Jefferson

The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power . . .…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Constitution's framers intended to restrict central authority to the few areas that could not be handled by states. The drafters would be horrified…

— Doug Bandow

State-building can not be imposed. Its foundation must be a shared understanding between those who govern, and those who give their consent to be…

— Hilary Benn