Amendment X

AMENDMENT X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

This amendment was put in the constitution to give peace to the anti-federalist who were afraid the federal government held too much power.  It clarifies that any power not expressly given to the government, can be held by the states or simply the people themselves.  

Media:

This political cartoon depicts the differences between the powers of state and federal power.  The federal government has the power to make marijuana illegal, as well as the paraphernalia associated with it, but states are beginning to legalize it for both medicinal and recreational use.  There becomes this issue of blurred lines between the powers expressly given to the federal government and the power the states can claim for themselves when it comes to legalization of marijuana.