To: FreeTally
And some want to use the "States Rights" argument to support their claim.Yes. Unfortunately this was the instrument to enslave blacks and later protect "Jim Crow" laws. Too bad. "States Rights" could have been an excellent tool to keep the Federal Gov't. in check.
4 posted on
02/22/2003 11:05:37 AM PST by
elbucko
To: elbucko
As far as I understand it, there has never been any such thing as "state's rights".
Only people have rights and states (or States) have powers. Take a read of the Constitution and you will not see a mention of rights held by government, only powers.
7 posted on
02/22/2003 12:05:45 PM PST by
Abcdefg
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