The Importance Of The Tenth Amendment

One element I find very interesting of the United States Constitution is the Tenth Amendment. The Tenth Amendment says, “The power 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.” This is basically alluding to the idea that if a power is not directly given to the federal government is given to the states. I believe that one of the main reasons that this amendment was included in the Constitution because the Founding Fathers knew it needed to be a vital rule set from the beginning because it helped further their ideals of the balance of power. Also, I think another major motivator for them was that this amendment helped set an affirmation and a precedent for what the nature of a federal system of freedom would look like for the United States. As we discussed in class our amendments and the Constitution in general have

This is one of the main rules and actions that we can look to that truly cuts out an idea of not only of what the Founding Fathers wanted balance of power to look like but also federalism in general. The Tenth Amendment has helped check the federal government over the years and has ensured the power of the states and of people maintaining a middle ground. An example of the Tenth Amendment truly effecting the government and the states after the making of the Constitution would be one that we talked about in class, being the making of the national bank. We discussed how during the making of the bank many people questioned if the national government was allowed to do this because it was not a specifically awarded power listed in the Constitution. Obviously, it ended up being allowed, but the Tenth Amendment played a major rule as to the discussion that took place amongst those in power when deciding