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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread
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To: Neocon who wrote (10146)6/17/2001 11:35:14 AM
From: Mr. Whist  Read Replies (2) of 59480
 
The doctrine of strong states' rights was on the way out regardless of whether Southern states tarnished the doctrine by using it as a defense of the obscenity of slavery. The reasons were economic. For the United States to prosper economically, a strong federal leadership role was essential in areas of foreign trade, interstate transportation and regulation of the securities industry. This required a federal government -- not individual states -- acting for the commonweal.

A return to greater states' rights is a two-edged sword. Perhaps you and Terrence would care to comment on this. While the doctrine of states' rights -- taken to an extreme -- might enable a conservative state, for instance, to ban abortion, it also would allow a liberal state to nullify a national ban on abortion.

In other words, those on the right who desire greater states' rights should be careful of what they wish for.
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