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The Curious Lawyer: Bill of Rights - The Tenth Amendment

Explore the Tenth Amendment's role in defining state and federal powers, federalism, and the limits of congressional authority.

Created byNew Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
IntermediateUpdated Mar 31, 2025
The Curious Lawyer: Bill of Rights - The Tenth Amendment

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the historical purpose of the Tenth Amendment and its role in the U.S. Constitution's federalist system.
check_circleAnalyze how the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the Tenth Amendment in key cases, including McCulloch v. Maryland and United States v. Darby.
check_circleExamine the ongoing tension between state sovereignty and federal authority through modern rulings like New York v. United States and Printz v. United States.
check_circleEvaluate the limits of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause in light of the Tenth Amendment, as seen in cases like United States v. Lopez.

About This Course

Could a President of the United States order a nationwide lockdown in response to a future pandemic? The answer lies in part on the meaning of the Tenth Amendment’s reservation of non-delegated powers to the states.

In the latest installment of "The Curious Lawyer," series, Peter Afrasiabi takes a deep dive into each of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights, reminding us what each amendment protects and illustrating its impact on the other constitutional protections we enjoy.

Whether you are a budding constitutional scholar or simply looking for interesting facts to share at a cocktail party, the Bill of Rights series is for you.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies. For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit  http://www.newmedialegal.com .

Peter  Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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