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States' rights
In
American
political discourse
,
states' rights
refers to
political powers
reserved for the
U.S. state
governments rather than the
federal government
according to the
United States Constitution
, reflecting especially the
enumerated powers
of Congress and the
Tenth Amendment
. The enumerated powers that are listed in the Constitution include
exclusive federal powers
, as well as
concurrent powers
that are shared with the states, and all of those powers are contrasted with the
reserved powers
—also called states' rights—that only the states possess.
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