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Originally Posted by Eric
." But do they have the resources? Can they question the spending, particularly the military spending, of the Feds? Do things like medicare come under the jurisdiction of the states, or of the Federal Govt.? Are things such as same sex marriages Federal or State questions? In Canada, the Provinces exert a hell of a lot on influnece on the Federal govt. Is the same true of American states? And I am interested more in the practice than the theory.
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i think this link gives a fair description of the on-going debate between the Federal Govt. and States rights
States' rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
my thought on the topic is that the federal Govt. should butt out and stop interfearing in State and local matters , the idea that one size fits all is wrong, two examples of Federal intervention/interfearing was when States were threatened with the withholding of Federal Highway funds unless they abided with a national speed limit and a national drinking age of 21 .
re. the gay marriage thing , In my opinion this should be a State thing not Federal , the Feds have never got involved with 'straight 'marriage laws in different States (thinking back to when Jerry Lee Lewis married his 12 year old cousin) this was recognised as legal in all 48 states at that time .
this is where the 'fear factor' comes in , if one state allows gay marriage do all the others have to recognize it ? as they did with J L Lewis's
Eric , a bit of a wander , but is your Canadian RCMP the equivelent of the US FBI , (a federal police force which operates in all the provinces)?