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The 9th & 10th Amendments
September 17

“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.”

9TH AND 10TH AMENDMENTS

DRAFTED BY JAMES MADISON

RATIFIED ON DECEMBER 15, 1791

AMENDMENT IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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.