“And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the federal government or federalism has no business in this kind of business.” KindStatesGovernmentPoliticalPartyRightsFederal GovernmentPolitical PartiesHypocriticalFederalismStates Rights Author:Gary Ackerman
“The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights in respect to slavery.” CharacterGovernmentRightsRespectConstitutionSlaveryDoctrineFederal Government Author:John Henninger Reagan
“Abortion is a states' rights issue. Education is a states' right issue. Medicinal marijuana is a states' rights issue. Gay marraige is a states' rights issue. Assisted suicide- like Terri Schiavo- is a states' rights issue. Come to think of it, almost every issue is a states' rights issue. Let's get the federal government out of our lives.” ThinkingStatesGovernmentIssuesOur LivesRightsGaySuicideAbortionMarijuanaFederal GovernmentStates RightsAssisted Suicide Author:Wayne Allyn Root
“The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.” PeopleFirstsGovernmentMightWantedIndividualLibertyRightsWrittenFieldsTenConstitutionBillsBranchesTouchedExecutivesAmendmentsInterfereFederal GovernmentAdoptedJudicialBill Of RightsCurbIndividual Liberty Author:Hugo Black
“The Second Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, was meant to inhibit only the federal government, not the states. The framers, as The Federalist Papers attest (see No. 28), saw the state militias as forces that might be summoned into action against the federal government itself, if it became tyrannical.” IfsStatesGovernmentMightActionForceSawsRightsPaperBillsAmendmentsFederal GovernmentPapersSecond AmendmentBill Of RightsMilitiaFederalistFederalist PapersFramersSecond Ammendment Author:Joseph Sobran