DIVISION OF POWERS

division of powers.The allocation of power between the national government and the states. •

Under the Tenth Amendment, powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the

states  or  to  the  people.  But  today  the  Tenth  Amendment  provides  only  a  limited  check  on

Congress’s power  to  regulate  the  states. Cf.  SEPARATION OF POWERS.  [Cases:  States    4.16.

C.J.S. States §§ 25–26.] [Blacks Law 8th]