tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post6094206758379296644..comments2009-11-13T09:17:48.106-07:00y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-39660926231943482732009-11-13T09:17:48.106-07:002009-11-13T09:17:48.106-07:00Health care is actually one area where the states might finally stand up against federalism.<br /><br />It has been totally glossed over in the debate, but the states are all actively regulating health care.<br /><br />The state legislatures all have skin the game. Both state level Republican and Democratic legislators would vote against the usurping of power if given a chance.<br /><br />The one problem is that the State Constitutional amending process involves a constitutional convention which could lead to a world of problems.<br /><br />If the states could pull off an amendment set on re-inforcing the tenth amendment, then they could establish a precedent for reversing the centralization of government in Washington.y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-20877965662696833942009-11-12T20:17:39.861-07:002009-11-12T20:17:39.861-07:00Some opponents of the original Bill of Rights argued that specifying exactly which rights the federal government was not to infringe was merely an invitation for the government to push right to the very edge of the specification. From there it would only be a short step into anything that could be construed as a gray area, finally to forge past the actual intent of the language of the amendments. These arguments no longer appear as odd as they once did.<br /><br />The language you offer implies an open ended threat that states will continue to broadly interpret the 10th Amendment. While it may invite the federal government to try to engage in infringing on states rights in every other area, it would be a clear shot across the bow of those that favor centralization.<br /><br />The only question I have is whether it is already too late to achieve something like this. The states are currently so subservient to the federal government and its purse strings that they would have to overcome a tremendous wall of fear to do something so bold.Reach Upwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.com