Which best describes states’ rights? the idea that states have powers separate from the federal government a strong loyalty to a state or region, sometimes at the expense of a nation the idea that a state could refuse to follow a federal law it disagreed with a system that divides power between national and state governments

The correct answers are A) the idea that states have powers separate from the federal government.

The option that best describes states’ rights is “the idea that states have powers separate from the federal government.”  

The rights and faculties of the states in the United States are established in the 10th Amendment. Literally, it says: “The powers not delegated by the United States Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This means that the states in America have powers and faculties that are not granted by the federal government by the Constitution. These states’ powers could include the justice system, educational programs, transportation, the safety of its citizens, the right to own property, among others.