“We’re on the same side, we just differ in tactics.”
Oh I know we are on the same side. And I am not trying to just be contentious. Tactics matter. If the repercussions of tactics didn’t matter then we should all just become liberals where the constitution is a “living thing” and where we are a country of men instead of a country of laws. But we are cons. We should understand that public passions are what the framers were most afraid of. They built a constitution that divided powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches and between fed and states govts. As I’ve said before I love it when states help the fed do its bidding when it comes to immigration but I don’t like it when the states take over that responsibility. Nowhere in the constitution does it give the states the prerogative over immigration. As far as the fed forcing the states to do what it wants them to do, you have two choices. One, withold federal money. Or two, well does enforcing the civil rights acts in the south during the 60s ring a bell?
I’ve been meaning to write a post on that. Conservatives need to learn to “just say no” to Federal money if they are serious about keeping gov’t local. From speed limits to drinking ages to global warming restrictions to any other infringement of our rights, the Feds only have the power of the purse to force States to do their bidding. Stop taking Federal Highway Funds (and demand a 100% return on every Federal $ that the IRS takes from your state - unlike CA where we only get 80 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington) and you’ll soon see an increase in freedom.