Sunday, November 13, 2011

Tenth Amendment

"The powersnot 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."

What I think the 10th Amendmetn means is that if the main government didn't make a law for or against something, then the states can make a law about it. If something is not actually written into the constitution, then the states, have the right to make laws about it. Of course, there are ways around this, which this is why the federal government is involved in everything.



 This picture really relates to the tenth amendment because the tenth amendment affirms the power to the states. The articles give powers to the federal government and amendments 1-9 give powers to the people.


"The Constitution designed the federal government to be a government of limited and enumerated, or listed, powers. This means that the federal government only has powers over the things that are specifically given to it in the Constitution. All other powers are reserved to the States."

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