[presidio9]

Your post does not make any sense. The Constitution does not grant any power to the federal government to address any "institutionalized system of legalized murder." And what the Constitution does not specifically allow Congress to do, it is prohibited from doing.

I would say that we agree on that point, except that we have the legal precedent of Row already in place, and it has been used to circumvent numbers state legislatures already. Therefore, the federal government has no choice to stick its nose where it otherwise doesn't belong.

Which represents the greater evil to you: The current status quo, or the federal goverment stepping beyond its designated powers?

[Iwo Jima]

Which represents the greater evil to you: The current status quo, or the federal goverment stepping beyond its designated powers?

A thoughtful question. I would say that an over-stepping federal government is the greater evil.

Think about it: if you had the chance to live in either 1: a totalitarian or collectivist society (maybe a Muslim country) that outlawed abortion, or 2: a free society that allowed abortion, which would you choose? I would choose the free society.

Of course, the better option would be a free America that allows the states to outlaw murder, abortion, and other offenses.