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[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

why is it the US is hellbent on making everything a state by state issue but at the same time saying federal law is above state law in such cases like Texas but states with legal cannabis or states with legal abortion are allowed to be above federal

is the US the United States or not

make it make sense

[–] Heresy_generator@kbin.social 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The things that the federal government is responsible for are laid out in the Constitution, everything the Constitution does not place into the responsibilities of the federal government is left to state or local authorities.

Tenth Amendment:

Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

that old thing desperately needs to be rewritten

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You trust the politicians of today to rewrite the whole thing? They can't even agree on a budget.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Before or after a guillotine is set up outside the place where they're drafting it as insurance?

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's 50 states in a trench coat

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

A state is just another term for a country. The two words never meant something different until our American Union got some people confused.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That's a fair point. I was mostly sticking to the colloquial usage.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

make it make sense

We're a slightly tighter coupled EU with less history of separation. We're states that are united. Not one big ol unified country.

[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

IDK why people are downvoting you, that's essentially how it works. Everything is super interconnected now, but it wasn't always that way and the constitution hasn't been updated to reflect it.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not one big ol unified country.

What’d the frats chant when we killed Bin Laden? ;)

[–] Holyginz@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Frats are probably not the best go to for people educated on the country lol

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

"more poon now!"

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago

The idea of checks and balances on the exercise of government powers extends to even the state/federal relationship.