One, I don’t agree that federal intervention in all your examples was warranted or beneficial.
Two, even when federal intervention was warranted, it generally did not require a Constitutional amendment, and such intervention was also supported by a fairly wide consensus.
Three, I don’t buy into hypotheticals like states legalizing murder. I know that there are many who equate abortion at every stage of pregnancy with murder. I do not. Feel free to disagree, but remember that some who have other items on their agenda, as I do, actually want to win an election from time to time, especially if it can be won by somebody who shares one’s limited government philosophy.
You are the one who brought up murder John.
I simply responded to that and other examples.
I think the other examples ahould have been less federalized....there is no absolute right to vote in the Constitution.
But for me at least....abortion like murder would be ....should preempt.
It’s a far more serious crime to me than hate crimes or voting restrictions which as you point out did not really rise to federalizing.
but I bet Fred or no one else will say that about voting wil they?