[Arkinsaw]

As the Federalist Papers say, the people will cling to the sovereignty that best protects their liberty on the issue in question. Sometimes it is their State, and sometimes it is the Federal government. This is a wonderful tool to balance two dual-sovereignties so that neither is able to become a slavemaster.

Where you run into trouble is where the considerations for one's neighbor's liberty are not held as highly as your own.

[jonestown]

Well said.

ALL levels of government in the USA are pledged to support the basic principle of our Constitutiion; - our rights to life, liberty, property.