The Tenth Amendment has
long been ignored, but has never been invalidated. The United States adopted a
"Federal" form for government that is based upon shared powers. The STATE was
designed to balance and define authorities among different jurisdictions and
sovereign entities. The central government was bound to the restrictions of a
constitution. The most significant of the "Bill of Rights" amendments is the
clear acknowledgment of the basic authority of States' Rights: "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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