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Derwood · 05-19-2009, 04:10 PM

Wanted to start a Pub Discussion on the issue of State vs. Federal rights, particularly when it concerns laws relating to rights (abortion, gun ownership, gay marriage), taxes (state income tax, state sales tax) and voting regulations (in national elections specifically).

I'd like those who strongly believe in State rights to defend the position, with the only restriction being that you can't use "that's what the founding fathers/framers envisioned" as your reason. I want to keep the discussion focused on the here and now.

I, for one, am not terribly enamored with the increasing of State's rights, particularly in areas like abortion. I also believe that national elections should be completely normalized, both in the primaries (get rid of the different means of voting [primaries vs. caucuses, etc.] as well as the differences between the GOP and Dem voting [percentile vote vs. "all or nothing" delegate assignments] and Super Delegates. I also want to normalize the manner that votes are cast in national elections, whether that be nationwide touch-screen balloting, Scantron, or whatever.

05-19-2009, 04:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	State Rights Wanted to start a Pub Discussion on the issue of State vs. Federal rights, particularly when it concerns laws relating to rights (abortion, gun ownership, gay marriage), taxes (state income tax, state sales tax) and voting regulations (in national elections specifically). I'd like those who strongly believe in State rights to defend the position, with the only restriction being that you can't use "that's what the founding fathers/framers envisioned" as your reason. I want to keep the discussion focused on the here and now. I, for one, am not terribly enamored with the increasing of State's rights, particularly in areas like abortion. I also believe that national elections should be completely normalized, both in the primaries (get rid of the different means of voting [primaries vs. caucuses, etc.] as well as the differences between the GOP and Dem voting [percentile vote vs. "all or nothing" delegate assignments] and Super Delegates. I also want to normalize the manner that votes are cast in national elections, whether that be nationwide touch-screen balloting, Scantron, or whatever.