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The Constitution.

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Preamble · Seven Articles
Twenty-seven Amendments

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Constitutional text

Amendment X

1 selectable clause · PDF page 13

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.

Source: the uploaded National Constitution Center edition. Historical wording and its bracket markers remain visible; later amendments and the reading notes explain changes.

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