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Constitutional Connection: Tenth Amendment  "The governmental powers not listed in the Constitution for the national government are powers that the states, or the people of those states, can have."



Explanation of Connection: This picture shows the right of the states to change what the national government can not change. For example, this teenager is getting her driver's license most likely at an early age. In other states the age for someone to get their license will most likely differ, since the state decides certain things that the national government does not have the right to do. Other rights the state determine include the rights to marriage, divorces, voting, state taxes, job & school requirements, rules for police and fire departments etc. I think this is an advantage that the states have because since the Constitution does not give the national government those rights, the states gain these certain rights. This can also be a disadvantage, because when it comes to voting different states have different ways of voting. This can cause a confusion similar to the incident with Al Gore and George Bush.