Division of powers
Reserves
Reserves
All the powers the states didn't give to the Federal Government.The delegates to the Constitutional Convention specifically delegated powers to the federal government from each and the several states. The states retained all powers not delegated to the federal government. Any powers not retained by the states are retained by the people.
Constitutional powers can be classified as federal powers only. The Constitution does not give the right to the federal government to make laws in individual states.
Reserves
No, to delegate means to give to another (as in a job or a responsibility). So to delegate a power means to give it to someone else. In the U.S. Constitution, powers are given to the government by the states and the people, not given to the states and the people by the government.
The anti-federalists were concerned that the federal government would have too much power over the states. The solution was to give the federal government some specific powers and to reserve the rest of the powers to the states.
The powers the Constitution explicitly gave to the federal government are known as delegated powers.
The powers of the Federal government delineated in the US Constitution, give the federal government its duty to enforce Federal laws granted to it by the Constitution. If the powers not mentioned to belong to the Federal government, are left to the States.
states
The principle of limited federal government. More precisely the constitution does give the federal government the power to purchase new territory and clearly states that all powers not listed as belonging to Congress are reserved to the states.
The tenth amendment was added to the Bill of Rights to limit the power of the federal government and give the states' powers Constitution didn't directly give the federal government.