#725 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday August 10)
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Good morning, WHAT IS RESERVED FOR STATES AND INDIVIDUALS I wrote a couple of weeks ago that the Civil War settled once and for all the primacy of the national government over the states and that the Constitution confirms that certain rights exist for all citizens that cannot not be abrogated by any state. As many historians have noted, the “united states” (a group of states united in a confederation) became “The United States” (a singular nation comprised of states) after the Civil War. This seemingly semantic distinction describes accurately one of the byproducts of the Civil War—that there are certain things that are national in scope—including basic human rights.
#725 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday August 10)
#725 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday…
#725 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday August 10)
Good morning, WHAT IS RESERVED FOR STATES AND INDIVIDUALS I wrote a couple of weeks ago that the Civil War settled once and for all the primacy of the national government over the states and that the Constitution confirms that certain rights exist for all citizens that cannot not be abrogated by any state. As many historians have noted, the “united states” (a group of states united in a confederation) became “The United States” (a singular nation comprised of states) after the Civil War. This seemingly semantic distinction describes accurately one of the byproducts of the Civil War—that there are certain things that are national in scope—including basic human rights.