About that pesky 10th Amendment....

Two hundred and twenty-two years ago, 1791 to be exact, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified:

"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."

I was forcibly reminded of that Amendment again the other day when I read that a Senatorette from Minnesota - Amy Klobuchar, Dem (naturally) from Minnesota wants to make stealing metal a Federal Crime.  She's think in terms of copper and steel used in construction, power cables and such like ....    

I realize that with Obamanation's nation of unemployed folks, such theft is rampant (folks gotta eat, doncha know) but no matter how hard I looked -- nowhere in the Constitution did I see a paragraph or even a hint that the Federal Gob'mint is delegated the power to investigate and prosecute local metal thefts in the various States.... 

Sherlock the Fed?

Think about that now.... how about bicycles, they are made of metal. How far will this go over the years...  Stealing your kid's trike could be a federal offense some day, and Janet Reno's grandson could be in your front yard with a magnifying glass and a Sherlock Holmes cap on....

And while you are thinking, click here to link to a great article in today's American Spectator that addresses the continued and enormous growth of the Feds on our every day life!!