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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.