The Power of the States/Federal Government (Essay #5)

Both block grants and the Tenth Amendment have increased the power of the states relative to the federal government. Block grants increase the states power relative to the federal government because the aids to local and state government are given directly from the federal government. The Tenth Amendment increases the power of the states relative to the federal government because it states that "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." That means that most of the power is reserved mostly for the states and not to the federal government.