States' rights

The Baltimore Sunspot site has a new article that talks about that as this administration is trying to take rights away from states (education, medical marijuana, forced electronic voting, legal recognition of homosexual couples, et al), the Democrats seem to be reversing their posture (remember, the GOP is usually the one to argue for state rights) and declaring the need for states to retain their autonomy.

Of course, there is good and bad to be had with regard to states' rights. Some of the old GOPers used to argue for it so you could fly the Confederate flag and proclaim Jefferson Davis and friends "great American war heroes" and keep it legal to beat your kid.

Yet there are good reasons for states to retain some autonomy, too. Here in Vermont, I don't necessarily want to live by the exact same rules and regulations that people in the deepest parts of the South live by. I expect they feel likewise.