The 10th Amendent
By Alexis Lopez
Definition:
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.
Court Case: Bond V. United States
Decision:
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that Bond had standing to argue that a federal statute enforcing the Chemical Weapons Convention in this instance intruded on areas of police power reserved to the states. Justice Kennedy reasoned that actions exceeding the federal government's enumerated powers undermine the sovereign interests of the states. Individuals seeking to challenge such actions are subject to Article III and prudential standing rules, but if the litigant is a party to an otherwise justifiable case or controversy, that litigant is not forbidden to object that her injury results from disregard of the federal structure of American government. The Court expressed no view on the merits of Bond's challenge to the federal statute and remanded the case to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Banned! Large Animals
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Citations
Court Case and Picture citations:
Leavitt, Amie Jane. Bill of Rights in Translation : What It Really Means. Mankato: Capstone, 2009. Ebook.
"Fat-Animals.com." FatAnimalscom RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
Bond v. United States and the Future of the Treaty Power. N.d. NYU Review of Law Social Change. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
"Smiles Just For You." Smiley Faces. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014