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You do remind me that, when people claim that the Civil War was fought over states' rights and not slavery, I like to ask them to name three such states' rights
by jcranmer 4y ago
You do remind me that, when people claim that the Civil War was fought over states' rights and not slavery, I like to ask them to name three such states' rights. The more interesting follow up is to name one states' right that wasn't prohibited for states to decide by the Confederate constitution--every answer I can give for the first question was also precluded by the Confederate constitution.
The primary motivation for states' rights seems to be not to actually let states decide, but to enact policies at the broadest possible level they can do so.