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All powers not explicitly given to the Federal Government are allocated to the States, unless the Constitution prohibits those powers from the States, in which case the power remains a "natural right" of the citizenry.

In short, for a specific Power:

(1) the Federal government can exercise it if the Constitution says it belongs to the Federal government.

(2) if the power isn't directly given to the Federal Government, then the State has it

(3) however, if the Constitution prohibits the States from having a power, and does not give it to the Federal government, then that power remains a "reserved" right of the people - that is, the people retain this power, and it cannot be modified or challenged by the Federal or State government.

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Basically the ninth amendment states that people have more rights than listed on the amendment list.

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Just because we have not listed them in the constitution does not mean you do not have other rights too.

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if the power isn't directly given to the Federal Government, then the State has it

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Just because we have not listed them in the constitution does not mean you do not have other rights too.

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The 9th amendment

The rights that are stated in the 1st amendment, the freedoms, are not the only rights people have. Your should not be restricted to those rights.

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