[nodumbblonde]

It seems to me we ought not pick and choose when to invoke state’s rights. We either believe we are a union of states each with the mandate to govern themselves or not. We’ve already seen how this has worked out in the hands of the federal government. At least I would have the option of moving to/living in a state that most reflected my moral and political viewpoints. Not so when the federal government gets to decide for all of us.

[ejdrapes]

So if a State decided to make it legal to kill mentally retarded people that would be OK under the guise of “States rights”? I fail to see how murder is a States right. What part of life, liberty and the persuit of happiness includes a states right to legalize murder?

[EternalVigilance]

At least I would have the option of moving to/living in a state that most reflected my moral and political viewpoints.

So, you want innocent human life protected only by travel inconvenience, rather than by the full force of American law and justice.