The five powers reserved to the state form the consitution and are as follows: firstly, Legislative Powers - that is, the power of making laws on the subjects of the State List. Secondly, Financial Powers Third.
Control over the Executive Fourth, Amendment Powers and lastly, Electoral Functions. Each state has the right to take over or discontinue the provision of a confederate task or service within its jurisdiction. America's means of power is confusing to some.
The Tenth Amendment declares, "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." In other words, states have all powers not granted by the Constitutionto the federal government