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Re: Granting the power to giveth, also to taketh. said by I Use Dial:The same people who argued for the Constitution also argued that the states have the rights of nullification and even cessation. Clearly that wasn't how it turned out when the Constitution granted the federal government the expansive power to ensure every state provides a republican form of government to its citizens. By definition, withdrawing from the union would deny its citizens such protection and be contrary to such form of government.
The debates over the constitution were dominated by hyperbole. The Bill or Rights were essentially a sop to the anti-federalists who had effectively instilled fear through hyperbole. The Bill of Rights isn't an absolute protection or definition or rights. Just as the enumerated powers (some being extremely broad) aren't limited to the challenges the founding generation faced. More accurately, both are principles to be balanced. |
