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I guess what was confusing is that the most vocal use of “states rights” that I am aware of came in the lead up to the Civil War when the Democrats used the ide
by unnamed76ri 1y ago
I guess what was confusing is that the most vocal use of “states rights” that I am aware of came in the lead up to the Civil War when the Democrats used the idea of states rights to try and keep their slaves.
I can’t think of an instance of it being used in modern times. I know many GOP led states opposed federal covid mandates but again, I just can’t recall any of them using the phrase “states rights.”
- duxup 1y agoIt was a common refrain among the GOP for at least the past few decades.
- salawat 1y agoFirearms regulations. Abortion regulations. Marijuana legalization. It's been in the political vernacular for a hot minute if you know somebody who takes issue with Wickard v. Filburn. Which might just be me I guess. But yes, other than the more notorious example taught in schools, it is still an important component of the political system that is putatively intended to curtail Federal overreach. In point of fact, it's arguable State's Rights may be one of the the few remaining bulwark against a federal government being increasingly co-opted to try to force the entire nation to operate in the same way. Frankly, I find this anti-BDS non-sense to be the single most unamerican thing out there, tantamount to co-option of the Federal governments mandate to handle foreign diplomatic relations and projecting it through a layer of domestic funding distribution.