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states rights

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1. states rightsnoun

   The belief that each of the 50 U.S. states has reserved powers, the sovereign right to determine policies on some issues.

2. states rightsnoun

   A catch phrase used by some in the Civil Rights Era as an excuse to keep the federal government from granting rights to black people by claiming such things were not federal issues.

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1. states rights

   In American political discourse, states' rights are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment. The enumerated powers that are listed in the Constitution include exclusive federal powers, as well as concurrent powers that are shared with the states, and all of those powers are contrasted with the reserved powers—also called states' rights—that only the states possess.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of states rights in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of states rights in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of states rights in a Sentence

1. Phil Scott:

   [I]t is increasingly clear that many elements in the orders have the potential to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens, and infringe on states’ rights afforded by the Tenth Amendment, this legislation serves to protect Vermont … against some of these potential violations, and to reassure our communities and citizensof their safety and security here.

2. Kevin Cramer:

   Ive spent eight years in Congress fighting principally for states rights.

3. Bobby Jindal:

   The Supreme Court decision today conveniently and not surprisingly follows public opinion polls, and tramples on states' rights that were once protected by the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, marriage between a man and a woman was established by God, and no earthly court can alter that.

4. Jen Klein:

   Already Vice President Pence and GOP Leader McCarthy have announced their support for a nationwide ban on abortion, passed by Congress. No woman in any state -- no matter how pro-choice that state -- would have the right to choose. Abortion would be illegal everywhere. The ultra-MAGA agenda on choice has never been about' states rights.' This has always been about taking away women's rights, in every single state.

5. Donald Kettl:

   Senate Democrats had what seemed to be a kind of big moment in the 1960s where... states' rights were pushed back because of concerns that states left to their own devices would pursue policies that were discriminatory.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/States_Rights
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_Rights