September 22, 2008 at 8:59 pm
#640144
RS
Member
I think the broader “upholding of the constitution” should include interpreting how *current* issues that the framers might not have anticipated, fit within the context of my guaranteed rights to free speech, due process, etc.
Cait, I would agree with you about wanting choices to happen close to me if I hadn’t spent time living in states where the majority population would have loved to take those rights away from me and I was grateful for the federal “protection.” On the other hand, I was very proud to be a “mass-hole” when we legalized gay marriage before anyone else. I think where people come down on states’ rights often depends on whether they find themselves in the majority or the minority on the issues they care about.