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2. even the South and conservatives generally don't believe in states' rights

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2014, 09:19 PM

May 2014

they believe in getting their way at whichever level of government they have to.

If they can do it at the federal level, they will. If not, then the fall back is states and lower.

It goes back to at least the Fugitive Slave Act. The South was willing to use the national government to get their slaves back even at the expense of Northern states' rights to help runaways.

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even the South and conservatives generally don't believe in states' rights yurbud May 2014 #2