what is the meaning of the tenth amendment in the bill of rights
Because the rights protected by the amendment are not specified, they are referred to as âunenumeratedâ rights, as opposed to those enumer-ated in the Constitution. It is up to the courts to interpret through their decisions exactly what rights the amendment does and does not protect. The Tenth Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights to preserve the balance of power between the federal government and the states. The amendment limits the federal governmentâs power to just what is written in the Constitution. Those powers not listed are left to each of the states. The Tenth Amendment does not specify what those âpowersâ are, how-