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.
I hate to disillusion you, but where in the 10th. Amendment is the word "rights" actually used? Are you one of those that claim that "rights" are implied? If so, then why are the terms "rights" and "powers" used so precisely throughout the Constitution without being used interchangeably? Because the Founding Fathers were precise and used these terms in the contexts intended. The only "rights" that reside within the 10th Amendment are contained within the phrase; "or to the people", because only people have rights, governments do not. Had the Founding Fathers wanted to grant rights to the states - and I don't know by what authority the feds could do that - the 10th Amendment would have said so.
You're playing semantics.
...Because the Founding Fathers were precise and used these terms in the contexts intended....
"The right of coining money, which is here taken from the States, was left in their hands by the Confederation, as a concurrent right with that of Congress, under an exception in favor of the exclusive right of Congress to regulate the alloy and value. In this instance, also, the new provision is an improvement on the old. Whilst the alloy and value depended on the general authority, a right of coinage in the particular States could have no other effect than to multiply expensive mints and diversify the forms and weights of the circulating pieces. The latter inconveniency defeats one purpose for which the power was originally submitted to the federal head;Federalist 44-
http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa44.htm
Are you one of those that claim that "rights" are implied?
Yeah,you got me.Saw right through me.I am one of those who believes that I was born with rights,which may have been merely implied before they were stated in no uncertain terms in the Declaration of Independence.
Had the Founding Fathers wanted to grant rights to the states - and I don't know by what authority the feds could do that - the 10th Amendment would have said so.
The founders were not granting rights to the states but limiting their(constituents')rights,like ANY form of government.Far from granting rights,we in America believe that rights precede government,and that governments are established to preserve those rights.And the authority comes from the consent of the governed.
I hate to disillusion you,...
No worries about that.