Lammie
Campaign Veteran
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The issue of Federal rights versus State rights is just as confused and clouded today as it was in the 1860's. At the time this country fought a war of "brothers killing brothers". The Civil War was not fought to "free the slaves" as many of us were taught. The emancipation of the slaves was a result of the Civil War but the principle reason it was fought was over the power of the Federal Government over State rights. The Federal government wanted to edict that human slavery would no longer be tolerated within the United States. The Southern states disagreed with that edict and declared that the issue of slavery was a matter that should be resolved by the individual states themselves. The disagreement became so pronounced that the Southern states seceeded fron the Union and the Civil War was the result.
Today it seems the question of Federal rights versus States rights is not much closer to being answered than in 1865.
In regards to the 5-4 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Heller case. That split should not come as a suprise to anyone. It does not necessarily mean that we were very close to losing our Second amendment rights. With four liberal judges and four conservative judges and one that can go either way it is probable that unless a case transcends both the bounds of liberalism and conservatism that most decisions the current Court makes will be 5 - 4.
The issue of Federal rights versus State rights is just as confused and clouded today as it was in the 1860's. At the time this country fought a war of "brothers killing brothers". The Civil War was not fought to "free the slaves" as many of us were taught. The emancipation of the slaves was a result of the Civil War but the principle reason it was fought was over the power of the Federal Government over State rights. The Federal government wanted to edict that human slavery would no longer be tolerated within the United States. The Southern states disagreed with that edict and declared that the issue of slavery was a matter that should be resolved by the individual states themselves. The disagreement became so pronounced that the Southern states seceeded fron the Union and the Civil War was the result.
Today it seems the question of Federal rights versus States rights is not much closer to being answered than in 1865.
In regards to the 5-4 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Heller case. That split should not come as a suprise to anyone. It does not necessarily mean that we were very close to losing our Second amendment rights. With four liberal judges and four conservative judges and one that can go either way it is probable that unless a case transcends both the bounds of liberalism and conservatism that most decisions the current Court makes will be 5 - 4.