[ClearCase_guy]

state governors have issued mandatory stay-at-home orders and have specific powers to do so under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Not to quibble, but the 10th Amendment doesn't identify "specific powers". It's intended to be broad and general -- states can do what they want unless the Constitution specifically forbids it.

[rcofdayton]

Exactly. Not sure what the President has in mind. If Texas wants to start reopening, that’s within its sovereignty.

[Svartalfiar]

Not to quibble, but the 10th Amendment doesn't identify "specific powers". It's intended to be broad and general -- states can do what they want unless the Constitution specifically forbids it.

Not exactly. It's simply making explicit that FedGov can't assume powers that the Constitution doesn't grant. While that seems like an obvious statement, our forefathers were wise enough to see liberals coming about. Unfortunately, no one put a stop to them when it would have been much easier.

The States can't just go and do anything as long as it's not mentioned in the Constitution - that's why the States have their own Constitutions. The powers not granted the Federal Government are ONLY still inherent in the people. The States have absolutely nothing on their own, But their Constitutions are just a smaller version where the people grant their State government certain powers. They may be overlapping with Federal powers, or extra ones that the people didn't give FedGov, but it stands that the States are just as limited by their Constitutions as the FedGov is by these US's Constitution.