Read a quote from the US Constitution.The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.

The quote describes powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government and does not forbid states from exercising. It says those powers are reserved to the states or the people, so the best choice is “powers held by the states alone.”

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