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By: Don Wills

Don Wills — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:36:25 +0000

"…besides, federal judges have the final say." Not true. That wasn't established until 1803 by Marbury v. Madison.

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By: Philosopherking

Philosopherking — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:15:58 +0000

There are actually some limitations on what states can do in the constitution itself but those limitations are established by the constitution and not by the federal government. Its a huge difference in that states are only subject to the constitution itself and not to the federal bureaucracy.

By: Vin

Vin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:54:09 +0000

1- The Constitution wasn't written to define the States powers, only the Feds powers.
2- The 14th amendment only protects Federal Laws that are Constitutional in the first place. For example, if the Feds signed a treaty that impinged on our 2nd amendment rights, then the treaty is unconstitutional and is NOT protected by the 14th regardless of what some judge says. Therefore the Federal Govt is NOT superior to State Govts, only Constitutional Federal Law is superior to State Law. There's a difference.

By: Philosopherking

Philosopherking — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:27:25 +0000

Money probably motivated the northern states to reject the embargo. I often wonder if tyrants didn't tax people would they be willing to take more abuse from them?

By: Philosopherking

Philosopherking — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:24:46 +0000

The anarchy argument that people use to justify control is beginning to get on my nerves. They define people deciding to do what they want to do as 'chaos' even when what they want to do does not interfere with their own freedom or security. The argument they are really making is that systematic control and order is preferred individuals deciding what they are going to do hence individuals entities such as states or people rejecting that imposed order are 'dangerous'. Despite the alarms they raise over this they can never point out how dangerous the individuals actions where to another person which is the only time where the law should impose restrictions on our actions.

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By: ChrisW

ChrisW — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:20:03 +0000

Great rebuttal Steve.

By: KY10th

KY10th — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:15:32 +0000

The fact that other states failed to support the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions had more to do with politics than principle. Just a decade later, these same states were promoting nullification as a way to stop what they considered an unconstitutional blockade. (Ironically imposed by Jefferson)

Keep in mind that most states were controlled by Federalists at the time, and they politically supported Adams and the Alien and Sedition Acts. The reasoning of the states objecting to the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions went something like this. "We think the Alien and Sedition are a good idea and besides, federal judges have the final say." I've actually read Massachusetts' response. They spent a good portion of it arguing that the Sedition Act (used to jail opposition newspaper editors) was not a violation of the First Amendment – a patently ridiculous notion in retrospect. Jefferson thoroughly addressed the idea of judges serving as the final arbiter. The Federalist position, when thoroughly examined, lacks much intellectual weight.

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