...violate 10 Amendment? The 10th Amendment
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.
1828 definition of republic
A commonwealth; a state in which the exercise of the sovereign power is lodged in representatives elected by the people.
(in short the congress vote for the people)
http://www.1828-dictionary.com/d/search/word,republic
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.
1828 definition of republic
A commonwealth; a state in which the exercise of the sovereign power is lodged in representatives elected by the people.
(in short the congress vote for the people)
http://www.1828-dictionary.com/d/search/word,republic