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It's not about the rights of the individuals OVER those of the state. It's about the fundamental belief of liberty which our Founders made a core tenet. Everyon

It's not about the rights of the individuals OVER those of the state. It's about the fundamental belief of liberty which our Founders made a core tenet. Everyone is entitled to personal liberty and freedom so long as they don't infringe on the liberty of others. So you can't compel a doctor to provide healthcare, whether you think it's a good thing or not. Libertarians are for state's rights. You can be for both individual rights & liberty AND state's rights. That's perfectly inline with the Constitution. And votes may go against individual liberty at the state level, but at least that's the proper domain for most decisions and it's local.

CamperBob2 10y ago
Note that I'm using the term "state" in the abstract sense, not as shorthand for states' rights in the US-specific sense. It would have been better if I'd referred to "the rights of the individual over the powers of the state," since the original intent behind the Constitution and its amendments was to enumerate the latter but not the former. Once again, though, this has nothing to do with the dichotomy between federal powers and those reserved to the individual US states.