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.
| 1. | Articles of Confederation, art. 2, 1 Mar. 1781 |
| 2. | James Wilson, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 4 Dec. 1787 |
| 3. | Federal Farmer, no. 16, 20 Jan. 1788 |
| 4. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 45, 313--14, 26 Jan. 1788 |
| 5. | James Iredell, Proposed Amendment, North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 1 Aug. 1788 |
| 6. | House of Representatives, Amendments to the Constitution, 18, 21 Aug. 1789 |
| 7. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 185--87, 1803 |
| 8. | James Monroe, Views of the President of the United States on the Subject of Internal Improvements, 4 May 1822 |
| 9. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1900--1901, 1833 |
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