City of Atlanta v. Stokes

The original thirteen States possessed all sovereign powers, and in forming the Federal government, the United States, they created a government of limited powers. It was endowed with only such powers as were delegated to it, expressly or by necessary implication. The United States constitution went into effect on March 4, 1789. The first ten amendments were submitted to the several States by a joint resolution of Congress, September 25, 1789, under a preamble reciting: “The conventions of a number of States having at the time of their adopting the constitution expressed a desire, in order to…