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Amendment X
Powers Reserved to the States and the People
The text
"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."
In plain language
Editor-written · not AIThe Tenth Amendment states that powers the Constitution does not give to the federal government, and does not deny to the states, remain with the states or the people. It is central to debates over federal versus state authority.
Connected current activity
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