Sentence examples for reserved powers from inspiring English sources
"reserved powers" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is used to refer to governmental powers that are not granted to the federal government, but are instead held by the states and people. For example, "The Tenth Amendment reserves certain powers to the states, such as the power to regulate their own elections."
noun
Powers reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The state powers are often called residual, or reserved, powers.
It was then agreed that the colony should have full internal self-government, the governor retaining reserved powers only for foreign affairs, defense, and internal security.
It has reserved powers to make the system legally binding under the small business enterprise and employment bill, which is working its way through parliament.
It mixes in almost entirely devolved issues such as health and transport, with reserved powers such as immigration, taxes and defence.
The basic protection for the institution of slavery was the Tenth Amendment of 1791, the reserved powers clause, which left the issue of slavery and other matters to the states.
In saying that this method of spending public moneys is an invasion of the reserved powers of the states, the Court does not assert [p81] that the expenditure of public funds to promote the general welfare is not a substantive power specifically delegated to the national government, as Hamilton and Story pronounced it to be.
Mr Miliband pledged to clear up confusion over what the Welsh assembly can and cannot do, saying a Labour government would legislate so powers are assumed to be devolved "unless specifically reserved", known as a reserved power model.
He made it clear that they would sometimes try to check the president's powers, mentioning the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers to the states.
From now on, the government says, it will reserve powers to itself to decide the names of places of "high public priority".
Plenty of countries find ways to reserve power for groups that would otherwise be under-represented without going so far.
It retains reserve powers to reduce the level of compensation if there are large claims against it.
