Tenth
It is the tenth amendment to the constitution.
Tenth
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Tell me gosh darn it!
Tell me gosh darn it!
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.
Federal courts assure the COnstitution is obeyed by governments.
According to Article I of the US Constitution, the power to tax was given to Congress. In the 16th Amendment, the need to make these taxes uniform was removed.
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An enumerated power is a power of congress that is specifically named in the constitution and given to the national government. They allow Congress to exercise powers that the Constitution grants ans long as they have no restrictions in the Bill of Rights and other protections of the Constitution. 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."
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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