[hchutch]

I will not dispute the rationale for the 14th Amendment. Events in Missouri during the 1830s (the extermination order against the Mormons) are but one example as to why the States had to be told not to violate the provisions of Amendments 1 through 10.

IMO, I also am tired of the folks who sit on their hands and stay home. The Democrats will not do so. I won't get everything I want when I want it from the GOP, but I'll get a lot of it eventually. I get little, if any, of what I want from the Democrats.

[billbears]

why the States had to be told not to violate the provisions of Amendments 1 through 10.

Why? The federal government somehow forgot about the 10th and decided to walk all over the states