Join Maude and Claude, your AI hosts on the Study for the Bar in Your Car podcast, for a deep dive into the Tenth Amendment! You'll even hear from Angela herself, fresh off her bar exam, sharing her candid experience with essay success and MBE challenges. This episode illuminates the bedrock of American federalism, exploring how this vital amendment reserves powers to the states and the people, firmly limiting federal overreach.

Discover why the federal government lacks a general police power and the nuanced interpretations of the Necessary and Proper Clause, ensuring Congress's implied powers remain strictly tied to enumerated ones. Maude and Claude break down how landmark cases like Lopez redefined the Commerce Clause, drawing a crucial line between economic and non-economic activity, and explain the delicate balance of Congress's Spending Power, distinguishing between permissible inducement and unconstitutional coercion.

The discussion extends to key state protections, including the anti-commandeering doctrine, which shields states from federal mandates, and the complexities of state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment, detailing its crucial exceptions, such as congressional abrogation under the Fourteenth Amendment's Section 5. The hosts connect the Tenth Amendment's powerful phrase "powers...to the people" to the protection of unenumerated fundamental rights through substantive due process, covering the critical levels of judicial scrutiny applied.

Gain essential insights into how this foundational amendment, often seen as quiet, profoundly shapes modern constitutional law – from its subtle links to privacy through the Third Amendment to its application in contemporary issues like prison conditions and homelessness under the Eighth Amendment. Tune in and subscribe to Study for the Bar in Your Car for an illuminating and comprehensive review that's crucial for your bar prep!