10th Amendment:
QUOTE
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.
Delegated:
1) To authorize and send (another person) as one's representative.
2) To commit or entrust to another:
delegate a task to a subordinate.
3) Law. To appoint (one's debtor) as a debtor to one's creditor in place of oneself.
Reserved:
1) To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.
2) To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use.
3) To keep or secure for oneself; retain:
I reserve the right to disagree.
Respectively:
WordNet: in the order given
Merriam-Webster Unabridged: As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty.
The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Singly in the order designated or mentioned.
The crux of some constitutional arguments are rooted in the meaning of the 10th amendment. So we might as well debate the meaning of the 10th Amendment itself.
Topic of debate:
What is the meaning and scope of the 10th Amendment?
How does the above apply to interpreting the constitution?