AMENDMENT 10

Source: McCollum: Health Bill Violates 10th Amendment, March 22, 2010
http://www.justnews.com/health/22912957/detail.html

Constitutional Connection: Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People
“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.”

Explanation of Connection:

President Barrack Obama is about to sign a healthcare bill to give people more medical insurance. But this bill is forcing the states to give the people more healthcare. This is a very expensive bill for the states to pay for. Many people think that this bill is hurtful to the individual power of the states.

This article demonstrates Amendment 10 of the United States Constitution. This amendment gives the states all of the power not specified in the Constitution. Healthcare is not mentioned in the United States Constitution so the individual states should have the power to control healthcare within the states. This bill tells the states what to do with the little power they have.

I think this amendment is needed in the Constitution. The states need their own individual power. Even though the healthcare was a good idea, the states should have the power to control it. The federal government should leave this matter alone. The people should be the ones to put this bill in action.