Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin
“‘It is … the natural enemy of our home-bred form of government, and ought to awaken the resistance of all legislative and judicial departments, and the detestation of every person not enriched by this ruinous commerce.’ That warning came from John Taylor of Caroline over two centuries ago. The subject: What we now call ‘legislating from the bench.’ He wrote an entire book smacking down Chief Justice John Marshall, who followed Alexander Hamilton’s playbook to twist the necessary and proper clause into a blank check to justify creating a national bank. Taylor saw exactly where this was heading. Judges rewriting the Constitution to create unlimited federal power.” (01/14/26)