[aruanan]

"Isn't Thompson the candidate who is opposed to a Constitutional amendment to protect marriage, believes there should be 50 different definitions of marriage in the U.S...."

Because, Jim, it isn't the business of the federal government to engage in social engineering even when the results are those that you think you'd like. If you want that kind of government then go to the former Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Cuba, the People's Republic of China, or Venezuela or get a bunch of folks to follow you to some place out in the middle of Guyana (or one of the Carolinas).

[papasmurf]

VERY well said.

[Hostage]

That’s right, and FDT is adamantly for overturning Roe vs. Wade in accordance with the principles of Federalism.

[B Knotts]

Really? So, your position is that state courts are supposed to make new law?

[dschapin]

As long as any changes are made by constitutional amendment there is no federalism problem. The 10th Amendment simply states that the powers which have not been delegated to the federal government or prohibited to the states are reserved respectively to the states or to the people. If a constitutional amendment is ratified that means that the people - in whom the ultimate sovereignty rests - have chosen to delegate that to the federal government. So, again, federalism is irrelevant when you are talking about constitutional amendments.