Why do you suppose the framers of the Constitution felt it necessany to include the Tenth Amendment in the bill of Rights? A. There was genuine concern based on historical experience that the Constitution would not be ratified by the states unless It clearly spelled out the rights of the states.
B. The states voted to add this amendment: It was not written by the authors of the Consttution because they lacked the political power necessary to take this position.
C. It was necessary to explain that all authority not specifically directed to the fedeal government or denied to the states rested with the individual states.
D. The states needed to have the guaranteed authority to colect some of the federal government’s tax revenue and this was the only way to make that process legal.