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Tenth Amendment

Passed by Congress: September 25, 1789

Ratified: December 15, 1791

Text

"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."

Plain English

If the Constitution doesn't give a power to the federal government (or forbid it to states), that power stays with states or the people.