10th amendment

This cartoon is titled "medicial marijuana smoking accessories" it depicts the woman giving the man marijuana and the next is a man with a bat hitting it out of his hand. This woman represents the state of california, while the man with the bat is Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam is usually the representation of America but in this cartoon he represents the federal governement.The woman or California state is holding a piece of paper that says" California vote to legalize marijuana use", America is holding the piece that says " federal NO-exception policies" This cartoon is about Californias new policy and how the federal government is reacting handling it.

This political cartoon shows Amendment 10 The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This is relevant to the amendment because it shows the powers given to the states by the constitution. The amendment says that the states have some own powers for their individual states. The artist was depicting how this amendment can be hard to deal with especially when in your state you can do something but than when you arent there its still illegal.

I think this cartoon is very interesting. It shows how some of the relationships between states and the federal government works. The cartoon depicts the California state government “passing” the citizen some marijuana while the federal government is knocking it out his hand. This allows a reader better understanding of the tenth amendment and how it doesn’t always work. I think its going to be hard for individual states to make laws that federal government can say arent appropriate and they would have more control.