Tenth Amendment Center
{{Short description|American political organisation}}{{Infobox organization
| name = Tenth Amendment Center
| formation = 2007
| logo = Tenth Amendment Center logo.svg
| headquarters = Irvine, California
| leader_title = Executive Director
| leader_name = Michael Boldin
| website = {{url|www.tenthamendmentcenter.com}}
}}
The Tenth Amendment Center is an American right-wing political organization that advocates states' rights and restricting federal power.{{cite news |last1=Jamison |first1=Peter |title=Rice Accepts Far-Right Support |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2012/06/14/rice-accepts-far-right-support/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=14 June 2012 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hornick |first1=Ed |title='Tenther' movement aims to put power back in states' hands - CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/10/tenth.amendment.movement/index.html |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=CNN.com |date=10 February 2010 |language=en}}
Organization
The Tenth Amendment Center was founded in 2007 by Michael Boldin, its Executive Director.{{Cite web |title='Tenther' movement aims to put power back in states' hands|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/10/tenth.amendment.movement/index.html |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.cnn.com |language=en}}
Activities
The Tenth Amendment Center lobbies against US federal legislation that it considers to be at odds with the Constitution of the United States.{{Cite web |title=Michael Boldin |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/michael-boldin |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}} It has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as politically far right.
In 2016, in what was described as an "unusual partnership" in Education Week, the Tenth Amendment Center partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union to propose suggested legislation to protect student data privacy."ACLU, Tenth Amendment Center Join Forces on Data Privacy; Unusual duo seeks student protections." Education Week, vol. 35, no. 20, 10 Feb. 2016, p. 8. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A443898339/AONE?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=cfaa56e2. Accessed 29 Nov. 2022.
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