Comment by int_19h
4 years ago
It's a balancing act between individual rights and ability of the society to govern itself without disintegrating (at which point nobody would have any rights).
But, yes, states are just as artificial as US as a whole. Municipalities feel like they're the lowest level organization that is actually somewhat organic and interconnected.
Individual rights are far more likely to be recognized at a Federal level than at the State level. The whole "states rights" non-sense is about the ability to restrict what or how other folks live.
Do you have any basis for this assertion? I find that my state constitution is far better than the federal one in most regards.
And yet those rights cease to exist when you cross state lines.
And yes, the Civil Rights Act, the 14th Amendment, formally Roe vs Wade, Brown v. BoE, etc.
I will go a step further and say that ONLY the Federal government can secure your individual rights. If your rights can be erased by crossing a state line, then you don't have an individual right.
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