They still do.

Though the Schiavo case really bothered me on a states right level.

 

What's interesting is that we're witnessing a HUGE shift in party dynamics, where some certain core values are being traded back and forth between the parties. Wouldn't be the first time in US history that it's happened.

 

Agree'd, 100%.

 

What about marriage law? Traditionally a power of the state.

Education?

 

Actually, what they did to gay marriage wasn't an infringement of federal upon states rights... All they did was say that states could reject the authenticity of wedding documents from other states, which I feel is a violation of federal and constitutional rights, because then it assumes that fully binding legal documents can be found void in other states, and it violates the 14th ammendment.

Also, in the US, "seperate but equal" is not an acceptable solution.

 

The point is they are trying to intervene at the federal level. Why is a federal amendment needed when the states are creating their own amendments?

 

Well, because they fear (dislike, whatever excuse-du-jour) same-sex marriage, and if one state passed a same-sex marriage, then all the states would have to honor it. It would take one Vermont, and suddenly everywhere in the US gay couples could be married, as long as the knot was tied in VT.

Not a problem to me, but many people seem to have a problem with it :dunno:

 

neither party stands for states rights anymore. the republican party is the big government party while the democratic party is the bigger government party.

 

Precisely.


Although the definition of bigger is up for grabs, one wants one area bigger, the other wants a different area bigger.

 

In the US we also have "seperation of Church and State" and when a state re-defines a religous term to meet a social demand the two are no longer seperate.

As for the eminent domain issue I thought it was a bunch of BS when I was in CT and I still think that it is still a bunch of BS now. The Supreme Court has basically said that any person that will come and improve upon the value of their property is free to take it from you as long as the town agrees. This is simething that can easily happen to anyone because unless your name happens to be Bill Gates there is someone richer than you are out there that can make more money off your property for the town than you can.