That is why the Left is addicted to moral issues and emotional claims. They resist logical discussion and enable the propagandist to crank up his calliope without check.
Just as was done with the slavery issue. The result was war, and the destruction of half the country. Think Obama would do less, to get total power? (Helpful suggestion: No.)
The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Tenth Amendment states the Constitution’s principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved, respectively, to the STATES or the PEOPLE.
Most States are sick and tired of an over bearing Federal Government telling them what they can and cannot do. They fear the National Government might seek to exercise powers not granted, and that the states might not be able to exercise fully their reserved powers.....