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It will be interesting whether they will respect "states rights" in this case.

padseeker 10y ago
States rights is a ruse. The heart decides, and the head justifies. People use states rights when it is convenient, and toss it aside when it contradicts their other beliefs.
- rfrank 10y ago
  Rights are a ruse. The heart decides, and the head justifies. People use rights when it is convenient, and toss them aside when it contradicts their other beliefs.
- jcranmer 10y ago
  Especially because some of the "states' rights" issues involve state legislatures overruling more local jurisdiction--case in point, transgender bathroom law.
- brokenmasonjars 10y ago
  This is an unpopular position of I support, but this is exactly why I support repealing the 17th amendment and returning to indirect elections of Senators via state legislatures to bring power back to the states.
linksnapzz 10y ago
States can't choose which Federal laws are obeyed inside their borders or not. If the federal govt. has to enforce federal law in a state, that needs to happen, and the state needs to cooperate to the extent laid out by statute & legal precedent. No more, no less. The right answer is to have legislation that squares the federal & state policies at the top. "States Rights" never extended to nullification of Federal law, there was a substantial dispute over this in the 1860s.
heygrady 10y ago
"States rights" is widely viewed as a racist dog-whistle [1]. States rights doesn't have to be racist, although it is very often linked that way [2]. The war on drugs was instituted as a racist policy [3]. It's quite likely that the main motivation here is using drug laws to punish people of color. [1] http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history_lesson/2007/11/dogwhistling_dixie.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history_less... [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/03/getting-states-rights-right/302133/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/03/getting... [3] http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richa...

States rights is a ruse. The heart decides, and the head justifies. People use states rights when it is convenient, and toss it aside when it contradicts their other beliefs.

rfrank 10y ago
Rights are a ruse. The heart decides, and the head justifies. People use rights when it is convenient, and toss them aside when it contradicts their other beliefs.
jcranmer 10y ago
Especially because some of the "states' rights" issues involve state legislatures overruling more local jurisdiction--case in point, transgender bathroom law.
brokenmasonjars 10y ago
This is an unpopular position of I support, but this is exactly why I support repealing the 17th amendment and returning to indirect elections of Senators via state legislatures to bring power back to the states.

linksnapzz 10y ago

States can't choose which Federal laws are obeyed inside their borders or not. If the federal govt. has to enforce federal law in a state, that needs to happen, and the state needs to cooperate to the extent laid out by statute & legal precedent. No more, no less. The right answer is to have legislation that squares the federal & state policies at the top. "States Rights" never extended to nullification of Federal law, there was a substantial dispute over this in the 1860s.

heygrady 10y ago

"States rights" is widely viewed as a racist dog-whistle [1]. States rights doesn't have to be racist, although it is very often linked that way [2]. The war on drugs was instituted as a racist policy [3]. It's quite likely that the main motivation here is using drug laws to punish people of color. [1] http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history_lesson/2007/11/dogwhistling_dixie.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history_less... [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/03/getting-states-rights-right/302133/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/03/getting... [3] http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richa...