[tpaine]

You are just rationalizing your 'states rights' opinion, as that opinion has always been defended, dispite the clear words of the constitution & BOR's as being the law of the land.
- The 14th was debated, and ratified to settle the matter, but obviously it wasn't.

Indeed, "they wanted power to be balanced between state and federal governments', tempered by a stict observance, by both, of individual liberties outlined by our BOR's. This is proven fact as per the 14th.

[inquest]

We weren't talking about the 14th amendment. We were talking about whether whether the Barron decision was consistent with the received understanding of the BOR at the time it was passed. Do you have any citations from that time period to suggest that it wasn't?