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The _______th amendment reserves powers for the States. If the power is not written in the Constitution for the federal government, then it is left up to the States.

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The Tenth Amendment's simple language—“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”—emphasizes that the inclusion of a bill of rights does not change the fundamental character of the national government.

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