The act was no doubt a response to the proliferation of anti-slavery societies and to the emergence of the Underground Railroad. Like the Constitution itself, this act does not include a single ...

which became the Bill of Rights in 1791, was a protection of state power. The new Tenth Amendment stated: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it ...

Originalism generally holds that the Constitution should be interpreted based on the original public meaning of the text. But incorporation effectively created two original public meanings: the one ...

The Bill of Rights was ratified in December 1791. Our Constitution ... whether by act or action. They interpret what our Constitution says. The Supreme Court’s interpretation in a case or ...