The Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

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The Tenth Amendment states that any powers not given to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people. Therefore, it defines the powers and limitations of the federal government. The amendment does not give state law precedence over federal law, nor does it give the federal government the power to tax state governments. It also does not mention the right to bear arms, which is guaranteed by the Second Amendment.