Issue Position: 10th Amendment

Issue Position

The 10th Amendment to the Constitution clearly states that those powers not expressly given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people. In short, if the federal government is not expressly authorized to do it, it should not be done. Many of the problems caused by the increase in size and scope of government are caused by a usurpation of the 10th Amendment. Much of the federal budget problem, and all of our executive overreach problems would be solved by returning to a strict adherence of the 10th Amendment. Not only would our lives be freer, but our wallets would be fuller with the corresponding tax cuts.. The 10th Amendment gives a clear mandate on this, and in the Virginia Senate, Tom has voted to uphold the it, including Bill Stanley's SB 732, that reserved a patient's "Right to Try' for experimental drugs and other medical treatments.

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