States' Rights in United States
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A theory of government that advocates more power and independence to the individual states rather than to a strong central government. The conflict between the two points of view when our government was being organized led to the present distribution of power in our federal government. The conflict has continued to this day in the courts and in politics.
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States’ Rights
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled STATES’ RIGHTS”States’ rights” is better understood not as a term of art denoting a constitutional principle but as a slogan with tactical value in political controversy. The slogan of states’ rights has been raised at one time or another by advocates from every region of the country and by
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