The states are soverign and Blanco, be she an R or a D owes Bush no explanation nor does he have any authority over her or any other governor.
I bristle at the thought of the federal government imposing its will on any state for any reason.
"The states are soverign and Blanco, be she an R or a D owes Bush no explanation nor does he have any authority over her or any other governor.
I bristle at the thought of the federal government imposing its will on any state for any reason."
The States are soverign, and the feds should not be allowed to impose it's will without good reason. But the soverign state of Louisana has not imposed it's will on the people of LA. Nature abhors a vacuum, and so does the MSM.
If LA does not do something, and President Bush gets blamed, then someone needs to do something. If that's the feds, so be it. MY GOD, there are no police and fire in New Orleans. Someone has to keep order.
bill
"I bristle at the thought of the federal government imposing its will on any state for any reason."
Settled issue. 1865.
More recently, what was going on in Dec 2000 when the USSC decided the proper election mechanism, for Florida?
The federal government, in the election case, made Florida follow its own laws.
I bristle at the thought of the federal government imposing its will on any state for any reason.
Well, there is a provision in the Constitution guaranteeing the states will have a republican form of government. But short of an actual tyranny, I agree - until the governor asks for military assistance.You can't suppose, as Governor Blanco seems to, that the portion of the US Army which is in her state is hers to command. But that is a delicate matter, and the president should be circumspect about it if the governor in question has the good sense to let him. Governor Blanco seems to lack the grace to let Bush do his job, like a dentist who you know is fixing things for you even if it doesn't feel good at the time.
If you want the governor's hand strengthened in such case, why then you want the governor to have influence in the federal legislature. I know! Let's have two houses in the federal legislature, and let the state governments each select two members to it! We'll call it "the Senate!" But of course, that's what the Constitution stipulated before the Seventeenth Amendment changed the selection of the senators from the state governments to the people of the states.
Even if the "sovereign state" is causing the death of thousands? States rights mean nothing if you are dead.
So whatyou're saying is that if there is a clueless moron running the city or state, people should have to suffer because of their moronic decisions. Thank you very much for your comments Ms.Blanco but you are still a clueless moron.