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10th Amendment
Bust out your magnifying glass. We're taking an up-close look at 10th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Passed by Congress: 25 September 1789
Ratified: 15 December 1791
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. |
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Tenth Amendment establishes a strong principle of states' rights in the Constitution. Any powers not explicitly given to the federal government can be assumed to belong to the states, or directly to the people.
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