[The Lumster]

Are you suggesting that the States have the right to suppress the civil rights of some "men" but not others?



No he was suggesting that the states were sovereign nations who delegated authority to the federal government with the express reservation that the states had the right to resume such delegated powers any time the federal government sought to overstep it's authority.

This entire concept is completely lost on most people today.

[Lekker 1]

Which is the worst of two evils...the Federal Government usurping the States rights endowed by their Legistatures, or the State Government usurping the self evident rights endowed by the Creator?

[freedomfiter2]

No he was suggesting that the states were sovereign nations who delegated authority to the federal government with the express reservation that the states had the right to resume such delegated powers any time the federal government sought to overstep it's authority.

Do you mean that the Constitution is a legal contract that is binding on both parties and void if one party fails to keep it's commitments?

[Smokin' Joe]

No he was suggesting that the states were sovereign nations who delegated authority to the federal government with the express reservation that the states had the right to resume such delegated powers any time the federal government sought to overstep it's authority.

Nice concise summary of the key issue.