State’s rights v. federal rights is a contest that underlies a lot of our history. It’s fascinating to see how they each play out for either the left or the right. This is an example of a state’s right expressing itself in a more progressive direction than the feds are moving in.
Kyle Griffin
 @kylegriffin1
3 Aug 2020
Nevada lawmakers have passed a bill that would add the state to a growing list that will mail all active voters ballots ahead of the November election. The bill now heads to Gov. Steve Sisolak, who's expected to sign it. usnews.com/news/best-states/…
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Alexander Hamilton said the states are “laboratories of reform.” Sometimes they’re very much not that but it’s interesting to see how they were originally envisioned.

Aug 3, 2020 · 4:58 PM UTC

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The most dramatic example of course was the issue of slavery. I’m reading “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Southern states claimed a state’s right to be a slave state, for years they compromised, until finally a federal mandate against it was enforced through Civil War.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
If he could see what that implied based on the current polarized, lawless and broken climate in the US, I think that clause would've been ignored. Endless reform isn't always good.
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Actually, yes it is. History marches forward and government needs to keep up with it.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Originally, the States were the country. They, in fact formed the Federal Gov't. Hamilton's quote came when the states were autonomous. As Ken Burns notes, it was after the Civil War that United States became a singular noun. Phrase changed from the United States 'are', to 'is'.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Yes ... over recent decades ... California and perhaps Massachusetts have certainly been "Laboratories of reform" ...
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It’s just not true. A real conservative as well as a real progressive sees a balance between the two as how our society works at its best.
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