Question

How does the Tenth Amendment benefit you today? a.) You will have the right to a jury trial if accused of a crime. b.) It allows state governments to provide free education. c.) you have the right to ignore parent and teacher rules. d.) It allows state governments to ignore citizen rights.

Answer 1

b.) It allows state governments to provide free education.

The Tenth Amendment states that the powers not delegated to the United States government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. This allows states to establish their own laws as long as they aren't contrary to the federal government's laws. Therefore, as the Constitution does not say anything about the education system, or how it should be, the states have full freedom to decide whether to provide free education or not.

Answer 2

The Tenth Amendment, which specifies that the federal government only possesses power given to it by the people, therefore it "b.) It allows state governments to provide free education"