Assertion: constitution's power | /r/PartOf | state
Facets:
value: to the people
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The 10th Amendment is the subject of some debate, but essentially it states that any power not granted to the federal government belongs to the states or to the people.
text: Until the states delegated some powers to the new federal government, those powers belonged to the states.
text: In In Re Slaughter House Cases , the Court rejected the argument that the provision gave the federal government broad power to enforce civil rights, finding that to do so would infringe on a power that had and should belong to the states.