• Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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    why is it the US is hellbent on making everything a state by state issue but at the same time saying federal law is above state law in such cases like Texas but states with legal cannabis or states with legal abortion are allowed to be above federal

    is the US the United States or not

    make it make sense

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      The things that the federal government is responsible for are laid out in the Constitution, everything the Constitution does not place into the responsibilities of the federal government is left to state or local authorities.

      Tenth Amendment:

      Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.

        • Desistance@lemmy.world
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          You trust the politicians of today to rewrite the whole thing? They can’t even agree on a budget.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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            Before or after a guillotine is set up outside the place where they’re drafting it as insurance?

        • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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          A state is just another term for a country. The two words never meant something different until our American Union got some people confused.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      make it make sense

      We’re a slightly tighter coupled EU with less history of separation. We’re states that are united. Not one big ol unified country.

    • Melllvar@startrek.website
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      The idea of checks and balances on the exercise of government powers extends to even the state/federal relationship.