The Tenth Amendment and States' Rights

The final amendment in the Bill of Rights was drafted because the states were concerned about the power of a Federal government. What does it mean now?

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.

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