[tpaine]

"The problem is, you cannot maintain a federalist republic where the member states are allowed to use their own respective powers to deny federally-mandated rights to some of their citizens." -DB-

I have no argument with that position. But it is equaly important, imo, that states retain the political will & power to fight federal violations of the constitution.
-- In effect, they, the states, have 'sold out' to the powers that be, the socialist wings of both parties.
This, to me, is the real 'problem', and in his own stupid way, is what Lott was trying to say about '48.

[dirtboy]

I have no argument with that position. But it is equaly important, imo, that states retain the political will & power to fight federal violations of the constitution.

I think we can both agree that matters today would have been much better if the states in question had, on their own, resolved forced segration and brought their laws into line with the Constitution, rather than resisting that reform until the feds rammed it down their throats, along with other changes that exceeded the mandate to enforce equal protection.