The Tenth Amendment reserves all powers not delegated to Congress to the states or the People.

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The Department of Justice first tackled the argument that PASPA violates the anti-commandeering principles of the Tenth Amendment.

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Holland (1920), Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes followed this logic to declare that no "invisible radiation from the general terms of the Tenth Amendment" applies to the Treaty Power.

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Also note that, according to the Tenth Amendment, any powers that are not specifically granted to Congress nor forbidden to the States belong to the States or the people.

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Now, I am not saying that these programs should necessarily be abandoned altogether, for the power to do such things was explicitly given to the States or to the people through the Tenth Amendment.

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Oh, and there is one more area where Perry has been a vocal leader: the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which asserts that those powers not enumerated in the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people.

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Ditto the Tenth Amendment.

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