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I bolded the part that all power not delegated to the federal gov't, and NOT "state powers" is incomplete.you cannot read that :
---------->state government powers numerous and infinite.
----------> federal government powers few and defined
the 14th freed the slave population, and made it illegal for government to discriminate.
the 9th amendment is where rights recognized by USSC are placed.......IE......[right to vote]
10th--all powers not delegated to the federal government by the constitution are state powers.
state powers concern the concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people..........not federal powers.
You had forgotten "or the people respectively " - meaning individual and collective sovereignty, in that all powers to ANY gov't are willfully given by the "we the people"
I mention it not to be picayune but that is sometimes overlooked all governments serve at our leisure; all can be repealed or overthrown by the collective will (sovereignty) of the people.