“If you missed the announcement...Slavery was eliminated by means of Constitutional Amendment. It is no longer under the domain of State’s Rights. There is no Constitutional Amendment eliminating abortion. Until such time it is a matter of State’s Rights.”
Talk about a shallow and circular argument, Tradition. I expected something a bit more...to put it kindly, substantive.
If outlawing slavery via Constitutional amendment rendered it valid in your mind and no longer a violation of “federalism,” then explain why you’d oppose similarly amending the Constitution via the Constitutionally provided process to protect life and marriage?
Would you have opposed the Constitutional amendment to ban slavery BEFORE it was approved by the states, for violating “federalism”? Then suddenly upon its approval by the states, it no longer violated “federalism”?
Please, since you’re obviously an ardent defender of “federalism,” provide us a logical defense of the concept.
In The Federalist No. 45, James Madison gave his vision of how federalism would work:
The powers delegated by the Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in state governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce. … The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the states.
I would love such an amendment.
I also want to be a multi-billionaire, fly like superman, and maybe make love to every girl in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, or at least have them swoon a bit over me.
Personally, I would have no objection to a Constitutional Amendment banning abortion, however Constitutional Amendments are extremely difficult to pass. I think the ERA Amendment proves that to be true. It’s far easier to get states to ban abortion than attempting via Constitutional Amendment.