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The original text of the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
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It expresses the principle of federalism, also known as states' rights, by stating that the federal government has only those powers delegated to it by the Constitution, and that all other powers not forbidden to the states by the Constitution are reserved to each state, or to the people.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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.
The Tenth Amendment helps to define the concept of federalism, the relationship between Federal and state governments.
The Tenth Amendment provides for the Anti-Federalist agenda because it stipulates that any powers not specifically granted to the federal government in the Constitution “are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
The Tenth Amendment's Text and Meaning. The Tenth Amendment states: "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."
