States’ Rights Now, States’ Rights Tomorrow, States’ Rights Forever!

From a new post at BreachofPeace.com

States’ Rights! has once again become the go-to response for those eager to contest actions by the federal government. The phrase’s breakout moment came early last year, during the stimulus fight, when governors Mark Sanford and Rick Perry, among others, began giving voice to the Southern grito. More recently it have been the basis for lawsuits that various state attorneys general have filed against health-care reform.

Though I’ve read very little of what is being written and said on behalf of states’ rights, I will still say that no one is arguing the case more floridly and fervently than this fellow:

State sovereignty is already being ravished by a trend toward a federal court dictatorship.

Read the rest: http://breachofpeace.com/blog/?p=145