Comment by dlp211
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
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.
Your federal rights also "cease to exist" the moment you cross the national border. By the same logic, we should be striving for One World Government, and anything less than that is unacceptable.
As for the federal government securing my individual rights in general - considering the existing federal drug laws, and the very real possibility of a federal abortion ban coming in a few years, I'd say you're cherry-picking here.