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Historically governments where not limited in there power, it was just a question of which parts of government had which powers.

If the king / Parliament passes a law banning anyone else from warring blue clothing then end of story that's the law.



Remember, the Constitutional Convention was a convention to rework the Articles of Confederation. The federal government under tha Articles of Confederation was also one of enumerated powers. That facet was part of the Constitutional scheme long before the 10th amendment.




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