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State government powers are not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution
Any power not given to the federal govt' nore expressly forbidden to the states are reserved for the states. Sometimes referred to as the 'States Rights' Amendment to the constitution.
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The Constitution protects the privacy of beliefs, home and a person's possessions. The Constitution states that rights should not deny anyone of life liberty or property without due process.
The US Constitution states that any power that the Constitution does not expressly give to the federal government or does not expressly deny to the states belongs to the states or the people. The Constitution does not say that the President has the power to purchase land on behalf of the country. Pres. Jefferson defended his action by stating that since the Constitution gives the federal government the right to control federal land, it naturally follows that the federal government has the right to acquirefederal land.
Paraphrasing the Constitution " All powers not expressly granted herein shall be reserved for the states."
Yes, check the 10th amendment to the constitution, which grants all powers not given expressly to the federal government to the states, or to the people.
The constitution gives the federal government certain powers. The federal government can ONLY exercise a power which is explicitly granted to it in the constitution. The Constitution also lists a few specific things that states are not allowed to do, presumably because the founders didn't want ANY level of government (state or federal) to be able to do it, or because they wanted it to be reserved exclusively to the federal government. The 10th Amendment says that all powers not expressly granted to the federal government, and not expressly prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people.
There are many powers not given to the Federal government in the Constitution. Specifically it states that any power not specifically granted to the government will be reserved for the States (interpreted as for the people).
~In the short term, the US Constitution. In the long term, because the debate over secession was not expressly resolved at the Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention, the War between the States resulted.
According to the 10th Amendment, all powers are reserved to the state that are not expressly given to the national level of government yet not denied to the states.