[SteveMcKing]

Fred has a “nuanced” view of certain things....

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Fred has a “nuanced” view of certain things....

Believing in the Constitution is "nuanced," eh?

The federal government has enumerated powers explicitly stated in the Constitution. All other powers belong to the states or the individual.

Which do you want? Limited, Constitutional government, or government by a "living" Constitution that can be transmogrified to mean whatever the party in power wants it to mean?

[Turret Gunner A20]

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Fred has a “nuanced” view of certain things.... Please explain to me what that means.

[CitizenUSA]

SteveMcKing wrote: “Fred has a “nuanced” view of certain things....”

I’m not sure whether that’s intended to be a compliment or an insult, but I think Fred’s view is both pragmatic and moral. I know the platform calls for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, but how exactly would something like that be written? Even if one was written, how would it ever make it through 3/4 (2/3?) of the states?

Fred’s nuanced view is exactly what we need to actually fix the problem, which is federal encroachment into states-rights issues. Abortion is a very complex issue, and it doesn’t belong in the federal courts in the first place. This is clearly one of those things the states should be deciding, and conservatives won’t fix the problem by giving more power to the burgeoning federal government.

With our diverse beliefs, Federalism is the best means of saving the union. These political battles can then be fought where they were intended to be fought...in the states.

[Grunthor]

“Fred has a “nuanced” view...”

“Nuanced” in this case also meaning “Federalist.”

[Redcloak]

Fred has a “nuanced” view of certain things....

"Nuanced" is a funny way to spell "Federalist" doncha think?

[aruanan]

Fred has a “nuanced” view of certain things....

Yeah, let's have the federal government decide everything; after all, individual states are just vestiges of a pre-national existence.

Some supporting the Human Life Amendment would counter that since it's a constitutional amendment, it comports with constitutional government. However, since the Constitution was designed primarily to delineate a few specific powers appropriate to the federal government, specifically leaving everything else up to the various states and to the citizenry, something is constitutional only to the extent that it fulfills that purpose. Using the amendment process for purposes of social engineering is just totalitarianism in constitutional drag.

[editor-surveyor]

The ‘nuance’ is that it is not the business of the Fed Gov.

[wardaddy]

He is a lawyer....Vandy. They don’t just hand those out to doofusses

however....I fear without something beyond Roe being overturned we will be in perpetual lawyer induced hell everywhere due to jurisdictional friction and overlap.

it happens that way with anything else seems

[tiki]

States Rights are VERY important.

[floriduh voter]

Fred nixes Human Life Amendment. Bad move on his part...