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The Tenth Amendment and local government. (response to David J. Barron, Duke Law Journal, vol. 51, p. 377, 2001) Jake Sullivan.
Yale Law Journal May 2003 v112 i7 p1935(8)

Instructions: Locate this article by visiting http://www.infotrac-college.com and entering "Tenth Amendment government" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.

1. What does the Tenth Amendment say?



2. How has the Supreme Court typically interpreted the Tenth Amendment?



3. What is the "constitutional orphan" of the Tenth Amendment?



4. What is the historical context of the Tenth Amendment?



5. Why could the interpretation of the Tenth Amendment have potentially major consequences for local governments?




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