"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 brings up the concept of federalism, the relationship between federal and state governments. Any power not listed in the Constitution is left to the states and the people.
This amendment aims to give power back to the states. Conservatives believe that state and local governments should have more power to deal with issues such as health care, immigration, education, and more. There is an ongoing debate about the roles of the federal government, but it seems very unlikely that the amount of national power will degress to the amount that was originally intended by the Founding Fathers.
This is a graphic that I found helpful in differentiating powers between the national and state levels. State governments also control state police and prisons, state land and natural resources, regulation of religious and cultural matters, health care, agriculture, population policy and family planning, fire fighting and ambulance services, firearms licenses, and more.
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