I believe that local control is a very important aspect of a free people, especially in a country as large and diverse as the United States. States right is not

I believe that local control is a very important aspect of a free people, especially in a country as large and diverse as the United States. States right is not a convenient excuse, it is a protection against totaliarism. The Constitution and Bill of Rights protected blacks, and States had to comply, and States right was a specious argument. It was a matter of Constitutional protection. But I firmly believe that most laws of governance should be state and local so there is choice, reasonable chances for an individual to effect change, and a lower bar to experiment with policy.