Legal Opinion
In re Burnett Estate
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 16, 2013No. Docket No. 309640PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurray, P.J.
I. INTRODUCTION
The United States Constitution created a federal government of limited, enumerated powers, and reserved1 to the states all powers not specifically granted *491to the federal government. See US Const, art I, § 8; US Const, Am X. As eloquently stated by the principal architect of the Constitution when arguing for its ratification by the states, “[t]he powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs; concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the…
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