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]