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The '''Tenth Amendment''' to the [[United States Constitution]] states:
The '''Tenth Amendment''' to the [[United States Constitution]] states:
{{cquote|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.}}
{{cquote|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.}}
The First Congress proposed the Tenth Amendment as a part of the [[Bill of Rights]]. The Tenth Amendment is similar to an earlier provision of the Articles of Confederation: "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled."<ref>http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp Retrieved January 8, 2015.</ref> The Tenth Amendment differs from this provision by omitting the word "expressly" and including the phrase "or to the people." Because of this, the Supreme Court has interpreted the Tenth Amendment as not overriding the "necessary and proper" clause to give the federal government a certain amount of implicit powers.
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Federalism]]
* [[Federalism]]
==References==
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[[Category : Bill of Rights]]
[[Category : Bill of Rights]]