...The powers of state governments.
The Tenth Amendment Center
What is the "constitutional orphan" of the Tenth Amendment?
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was included to address concerns that the powers not delegated to the federal government would be reserved to the states and the people. It aimed to protect the authority of the states by explicitly stating that any powers not given to the federal government are retained by the states or the people.
The 10th amendment.
The tenth amendment insures the power of our states and people
the tenth amendment does not safe taxes
The tenth amendment gives power to the states that is not expressly given to the federal government. The federal government reserves the right to collect taxes, declare war, and regulate interstate commerce.
The anti-federalists were people who wanted to make decisions for their own states. This is the amendment that granted that power. This allowed the people to make decisions for their own states and people, like speed limits or legal marriage age. As long as the decision wasn't already part of the ten amendments, it could be approved.
The Tenth Amendment concerns powers reserved to the states. Some believe the federal government abrogated the states' rights by overturning anti-abortion laws, on the theory that medical practice is regulated by the states and the Constitution doesn't expressly give the federal government authority over that area. Others might point out that individual civil rights protected under the Fourteenth Amendment (not to mention the Ninth Amendment and others in the Bill of Rights from which the right to privacy is inferred) trumps the Tenth Amendment claim. These two arguments will never be reconciled in most people's minds.
Prior to the Civil War, the Tenth Amendment was used to support
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The Tenth Amendment.