Talk:George Mason a Patriot? Ironic Team Nicknames/@comment-101836-20060329101653

Darrel, that&quot;s why we have the Tenth Amendment, which says: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Hamilton was absolutely right to make that complaint, and that&quot;s why we have the Ninth Amendment. The Tenth Amendment also helps: "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."

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