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The Medlock Post Ep. 26: The 19th Principle of the Constitution

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Mark Twain: “When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move.  Your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth and tell the whole world: “No, You Move.”

Original Balance Between Federal Government and States 

The separation of powers between the states and the federal government was designed to reinforce the principle of limited government.

U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 3: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,) for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.

Alexander Hamilton emphasized these views of the Founders when he wrote:  “This balance between the national and state governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost importance. It forms a double security to the people. If one encroaches on their rights, they will find a powerful protection in the other. Indeed, they will both be prevented from overpassing their constitutional limits, by certain rivalship which will ever subsist between them.” Essay on Freedom and Power

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