American Memory
American Memory
May 17, 2005
 
The Federal Monopoly by Joe Sobran
The military ratio has widened enormously: today the states still have rifles, but the federal government has a nuclear arsenal. Nobody talks about secession (at least not very loud).

This is what makes it possible for the federal government to dictate to the states. If the Union were still voluntary, the Supreme Court wouldn't dare, for example, to strike down the abortion laws of all 50 states, because many of those states would have seceded immediately after such an outrageous usurpation of their power.

Comments: Post a Comment


© 2000-2005: Another BATR Site