It’s often pretty easy to know whether or not a federal action is constitutional. In his Report of 1800, James Madison gave us a simple 2-step process to determine the constitutionality of any federal action.
The post Evaluate the Constitutionality of Any Federal Act in Two Easy Steps first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Writing in his famous Report of 1800, James Madison argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts clearly violated the Constitution. Why? Because they failed a basic two-question test.
Because the federal government - including the federal courts - is a creature of the people of the states, its opinion can never be the final word on what is constitutional or not.
Because the federal government - including the federal courts - is a creature of the people of the states, its opinion can never be the final word on what is constitutional or not.