Tenth Amendment- Power to the people!

Source: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3898/is_200106/ai_n8957874/

Constitutional Connection:

"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." http://topics.law.cornell.edu/constitution/tenth_amendment

Explanation of Conncection:


A U.S district court held that the Child Support recovery act was violating the tenth amendment. They said that it imposes liability on parents that willfully fail to support payments for their children living in another state. The tenth amendment protects the power of the people. Meaning, many people were against the U.S District Court and felt like that did not apply to all people. Although, a high percentage of people cannot pay child support, they should still be able to have the privlege of doing so.

A resident in Texas was indicted under the CSRA for failing to make support payments for his child, who resided in New York according to the article. Not to mention, the article mentions that "King moved to dismiss the case, arguing that the CSRA violates the Tenth Amendment because it exceeds Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce."