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The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution helps to define the governmental powers allocated to the federal government and the governmental powers allocated to the state governments—a concept known as federalism. The Tenth Amendment provides that “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.”

In Arkansas, as in all states, the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution plays a crucial role in determining the division of powers between the federal government and the state government. This amendment is the constitutional foundation for the principle of federalism, which allows states to exercise all powers that are not explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution or denied to the states. This means that Arkansas has the authority to legislate and govern in a wide range of areas, such as education, local law enforcement, public health, and transportation, as long as these areas are not exclusively under federal jurisdiction or in conflict with federal laws. The Tenth Amendment ensures that states like Arkansas retain a significant degree of sovereignty and can tailor their laws and policies to better suit the needs of their residents.

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