Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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United States federal constitutional law constitutional amendment

The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a provision in the Bill of Rights that reserves to the states or the people all powers not delegated to the federal government, serving as a key foundation for American federalism and states’ rights.

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Label Occurrences
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical 35
Tenth Amendment 3
Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal constitutional law ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
appliesTo federal executive power ⓘ
federal judicial power ⓘ
federal legislative power ⓘ
associatedDoctrine anti-commandeering doctrine ⓘ
dual sovereignty ⓘ
police powers of the states ⓘ
authoredBy James Madison ⓘ
category Amendments dealing with federalism ⓘ
clarifies scope of federal powers ⓘ
scope of state powers ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple enumerated powers doctrine ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
residual sovereignty of the states ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
follows Article VII ⓘ
surface form: Article Seven of the United States Constitution (in order of ratification of amendments)

Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasLegalEffect constrains expansion of federal authority beyond enumerated powers ⓘ
historicalContext response to concerns of Anti-Federalists ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
keyCase Bond v. United States ⓘ
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
McCulloch v. Maryland ⓘ
National League of Cities v. Usery ⓘ
New York v. United States (1992) ⓘ
Printz v. United States ⓘ
United States v. Darby ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSubject division of powers ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
reserved powers ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
limits federal government ⓘ
partOf Bill of Rights ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
positionInDocument 10 ⓘ
precededBy Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy First United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn 1789-09-25 ⓘ
purpose to reassure that powers not granted to the federal government are retained by the states or the people ⓘ
ratifiedOn 1791-12-15 ⓘ
recognizedAs constitutional basis for states' rights arguments ⓘ
foundation of American federalism ⓘ
reservesPowersTo states ⓘ
the people ⓘ
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. ⓘ
usedIn constitutional challenges to federal regulations ⓘ
constitutional interpretation of federal statutes ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commerce Clause → contrastedWith → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Helvering v. Davis → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States v. Lopez → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment (federalism principles)
Bill of Rights → containsAmendment → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States v. Darby → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States v. Butler → lawApplied → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States v. Butler → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment
New York v. United States (1992) → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Printz v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Bond v. United States → concernsConstitutionalProvision → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
National League of Cities v. Usery → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Shelby County v. Holder → hasConstitutionalProvisionInvolved → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
South Dakota v. Dole → legalIssue → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment federalism
South Dakota v. Dole → appliesConstitutionalProvision → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
First United States Congress → proposedAmendment → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → follows → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Virginia Declaration of Rights → influenced → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States constitutional amendments → includes → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment → ratifiedWith → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fugitive Slave Clause → relatedTo → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution → relatedClause → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Butler → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Hammer v. Dagenhart → constitutionalIssue → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 → constitutionalIssue → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) → concerns → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States → legalIssue → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Maryland v. Wirtz → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Jay Printz → legalSubject → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Printz v. United States
Compact Clause of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
book "The Sovereign States" → mainSubject → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: The Sovereign States
Oregon v. Mitchell → constitutionalProvision → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment
Maysville Road veto → constitutionalBasisClaimed → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenth Amendment
Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association → legalSubject → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment. → basedOnConstitutionalProvision → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment
PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional. → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional
anti-commandeering doctrine in United States constitutional law → basedOn → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: anti-commandeering doctrine
United States federal system → reservesPowersToStatesIn → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ