[Congressman Billybob]

You have, as usual, gotten the argument upside down. The states are "general" governments. The powers of the federal government are "few and defined," at least if one takes seriously the views of Madison, Hamilton and Jay in the Federalist.

I take the views of those who wrote the laws -- and the Constitution is the "supreme Law" -- quite seriously. That's why I've spent forty years studying the writings of the men and women who wrote the Constitution and all of its amendments.

John / Billybob

[tpaine]

You boast of 40 years study..
I took an oath to protect and defend our constitution 48 years ago.
I knew then as I know now that States have no sovereign 'rights' over individuals, they have delegated powers, limited by our Constitutuion & BOR's..

Somehow you claim that this means I've:
-- "as usual, gotten the argument upside down. The states are "general" governments. The powers of the federal government are "few and defined"..

Weird comment.
The general government bit is not at issue. Your comments on the USSC vs states 'rights' are the argument, imo.
- You ~want~ states to have the power to ignore our Bill of Rights.. Why is that?