re: #429 boxhead
hmmm, I believe there is much merit in the 10th Amendment. But with the understanding that Civil Liberties are under the protection of the US Constitution.
There’s nothing wrong with 10th Amendment, or state autonomy within a federation. Especially in a place as geographically huge as the US.
But conservative confederates distorted states rights to mean special rights for whites. For everyone else, this means a police state. That’s all Jim Crow was, is a police state (physically violent de-legitimation) against every non conformist who didn’t want to live under their rule.