Summary
There was a time when the phrase "states' rights" was code for trampling on the rights of individuals. That was during the great 20th Century civil rights battle, when many states asserted they had the right to prevent some citizens from enjoying rights like voting and eating in the restaurants of their choice.
But the states' rights argument has been essentially turned on its head under a U.S. Supreme Court decision and a series of federal administrations that have tried to allow citizens - and some wild animals - fewer rights than California and other states want to give them.See the full content of this document
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A New States'-Rights Battleground
Add in environmental issues, where this state leads the fight for tough cutbacks on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation of worldwide climate change while the national government pushes the doctrine that federal laws and de...
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