• Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    why is it the US is hellbent on making everything a state by state issue but at the same time saying federal law is above state law in such cases like Texas but states with legal cannabis or states with legal abortion are allowed to be above federal

    is the US the United States or not

    make it make sense

        • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          A state is just another term for a country. The two words never meant something different until our American Union got some people confused.

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      8 months ago

      make it make sense

      We’re a slightly tighter coupled EU with less history of separation. We’re states that are united. Not one big ol unified country.

    • Melllvar@startrek.website
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      The idea of checks and balances on the exercise of government powers extends to even the state/federal relationship.