It seems as though states rights have been pushed aside over time. There is a recent movement by the states to make their rights clear through the 10th amendment which states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The movements have been fueled by recent attempts of the federal government to force policies on the states. Some people believe that the movement of the states has crossed the line because they feel that it is ignoring federal laws.
I think that the states should be authorized to make their own decisions about certain issues such as, abortion and gay marriage. Like the article says, this system allows the states to live united without fighting over these topics. This way the people of the state can vote for whatever they feel comfortable with. I think the 10th amendment is a touchy thing to follow. The states want to make their own decisions but where is the line between what they get to decide and what the federal government gets to decide? It's also hard for the federal government because they want to do what they think is best, and some issues are important for all of the states to agree on. In my opinion education is something that I feel all of the states should go about in the same way. It's not fair just because somebody lives in a different state to have a poorer education then somebody else who lives in the neighboring state. I think that there needs to be a clear "rule book" for the 10th amendment stating what issues should be decided by federal government and what should be decided by state government specifically.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/10/tenth.amendment.movement/index.html
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